X-ray radiation detector having a semiconductor body, an electrically conductive window layer, and an electrically conductive bar structure, and operation method

US12320932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KETEK GmbH Halbleiter—und Reinraumtechnik · DE

Inventor

• Florian Wiest · Leutkirch, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2023
• Grant date: Jun 3, 2025
• Expiry date: Nov 15, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01J2235/183
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In an embodiment a radiation detector includes a semiconductor body configured to detect X-rays having a radiation entrance side, an electrically conductive window layer areally arranged to the radiation entrance side, the window layer having boron and/or carbon and having a thickness of at most 20 nm and an electrically conductive bar structure on the window layer and in electrical contact with the window layer.