Delta-doped hybrid advanced detector for low energy particle detection

US6346700B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · US

Inventors

• Thomas J. Cunningham · Pasadena, US
• Eric R. Fossum · La Cañada Flintridge, US
• Shouleh Nikzad · Valencia, US
• Bedabrata Pain · Los Angeles, US
• George A. Soli · Vancouver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 12, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/809

Abstract

A delta-doped hybrid advanced detector (HAD) is provided which combines at least four types of technologies to create a detector for energetic particles ranging in energy from hundreds of electron volts (eV) to beyond several million eV. The detector is sensitive to photons from visible light to X-rays. The detector is highly energy-sensitive from approximately 10 keV down to hundreds of eV. The detector operates with milliwatt power dissipation, and allows non-sequential readout of the array, enabling various advanced readout schemes.