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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Anthony Chappo, Elyria, OH (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A detector array () of an imaging system () includes a radiation sensitive detector () configured to detect radiation and generates a signal indicative thereof and electronics () in electrical communication with the radiation sensitive detector. The electronics include a current-to-frequency converter () configured to convert the signal into a pulse train having a frequency indicative of a charge collected during an integration period. The electronics further include a residual charge collection circuit () electrically coupled to current-to-frequency converter. The residual charge collection circuit is configured to store charge collected by the integrator for an end portion of the integration period that does not results in a pulse of the pulse train, utilizing much of the electronics already in the current-to-frequency converter electronics.