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Device for determining the position of a radiation beam

US4749849A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 1986
Grant dateJun 7, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B7/0916
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a position-sensitive radiation detector having a semiconductor body which at least in the operating condition comprises a high-ohmic zone (11) between two radiation-sensitive diodes (6) provided with connection electrodes (9), a high-ohmic zone (11) between two semiconductor zones (6) provided with connection electrodes (9), can be apparently centered by varying the voltages at the connection electrodes (9) in such a manner that the photocurrents through the diodes (6) are the same. The signals derived therefrom can be supplied to measuring and control systems for, for example, optical reading and writing apparatus and other measuring apparatus.

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