Electrostatic imager
US6921892B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G5/0202
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting an electrostatic charge on a flat panel imager pixel array. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an insulator layer and a flat panel pixel array coupled to a bottom surface of the insulator layer. Each pixel of the pixel array has a storage capacitance, and an electrostatic charge corresponding to a voltage applied through an electrode coupled to a top surface of the insulating layer may be detected from each storage capacitance.
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