X-Ray converter foil

US4577108A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Heinrich Diepers · Hochstädt, DE
• Ingmar Feigt · Langensendelbach, DE
• Gottfried Lange · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 1984
• Grant date: Mar 18, 1986
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G5/14
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An X-ray converter foil comprises a semiconductor layer and a carrier layer between which an electrode in the form of a conductive foil is disposed, the thickness of the semiconductor layer being less than 50 .mu.m. An X-ray amplification layer is attached to the carrier layer.