Radiation image detector with optical gain selenium photosensors
US5198673A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/1898
Abstract
A large area radiation imager having a scintillator, an amorphous selenium photosensor, and a non-linear high voltage protective device employs a selected biasing voltage between about 100 volts and 1000 volts at the selenium photosensor to cause the photosensor to exhibit avalanche multiplication. The photosensor has an area not less than about 100 square centimeters. The amorphous selenium is doped slightly with arsenic or arsenic and tellurium. The device is advantageously coupled to a data read and reset circuit to selectively read charge generated in pixels of the photosensor. The read and data circuit is protected from an overvoltage condition by the non linear high voltage protective device, such as a protective thin film transistor or a two terminal protective device. The protective TFT is structured to have a relatively thick gate dielectric layer, which thickness is selected to cause the protective TFT to have a threshold voltage corresponding to a desired protective voltage.
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