High data rate smart sensor
US6690019B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2224/48137
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device for the high-speed analysis of photon- or particle-generated image data or for the high-speed energy-discrimination analysis of photon- or particle-counting data. A sensor collects the photons or particles on an array of solid state detectors, as electrical analog signals, and stores the analog-signal information on capacitors of readout arrays associated with the detector arrays. Image-related signals are transferred to integrated circuit chips containing an array of correction processor unit cells. Corrected signals are transferred to an analog image processor. Particle-counting data is transferred directly from the readout array chips to the analog image processor having circuitry for implementing an image processing or energy discrimination algorithm.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.