System and method of simplifying a direct control scheme for a detector
US9271694B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/248
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An imaging system includes a first silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) comprising an array of microcells. Each microcell is an avalanche photodiode (APD) operated in a Geiger mode, a first area of the first SiPM, comprising at least one of the microcells, is electrically isolated from all other microcells, and a signal from the first area, resulting from at least one photon pulse, is used to determine a gain of the first SiPM.
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