Radiation detector scintillator with an integral through-hole interconnect
US11041966B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 22, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/242
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A scintillator layer (206) includes a plurality of scintillator pixels (337), walls of non-scintillation material (336) surrounding each of the plurality of scintillator pixels, and at least one electrically conductive interconnect (224) for a pixel, wherein the at least one electrically conductive interconnect extends within a wall of the pixel along an entire depth of the wall. A multi-energy detector array (114) includes a detector tile (116) with an upper scintillator layer (202), an upper photosensor (204) optically coupled to the upper scintillator layer, a lower scintillator layer (206) electrically coupled to the upper photosensor, and a lower photodetector (208) optically and electrically coupled to the lower scintillator layer. The lower scintillator layer includes at least one scintillator pixel (337) surrounded by at least one wall of non-scintillation material (336), and the wall includes at least one electrically conductive interconnect (224) that extends from a top edge of the wall to a bottom edge of the wall.
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