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Radiation converter material, radiation converter, radiation detector, use of a radiation converter material and method for producing a radiation converter material

US8920686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Hackenschmied · Nuremberg, DE
Christian Schröter · Bamberg, DE
Matthias Strassburg · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2011
Grant date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10F30/29
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A radiation converter material includes a semiconductor material used for directly converting radiation quanta into electrical charge carriers. In at least one embodiment, the semiconductor material includes a dopant in a dopant concentration and defect sites produced in a process-dictated manner in such a way that the semiconductor material includes an ohmic resistivity in a range of between 5·107 Ω·cm and 2·109 Ω·cm. Such a radiation converter material is particularly well matched to the requirements in particular in human-medical applications with regard to the high flux rate present and the spectral distribution of the radiation quanta. In at least one embodiment, the invention additionally relates to a radiation converter and a radiation detector, and a use of and a method for producing such a radiation converter material.

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