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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Thorsten Ergler, Erlangen, DE;
Miguel Labayen De Inza, Forchheim, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/244 (2013.01); G01T 1/241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A counting X-ray detector includes, in a stacked array, a converter material for converting X-ray radiation into electric charges and an electrode. In an embodiment, the electrode is electrically conductively connected to the converter material. The electrode is designed to be at least partly transparent. In an embodiment, the electrode includes: an electrically conductive contact layer, an electrically conductive first intermediate layer, an electrically conductive high voltage layer, a second intermediate layer and an electrically conductive heating layer.