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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Siemens Healthcare Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Shameem Kabir Chaudhury, Erlangen, DE;
Alfons Eismann, Pinzberg, DE;
Thorsten Ergler, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas Hilderscheid, Altdorf, DE;
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
An X-ray detector includes a direct-conversion converter element and an evaluating unit in a stacked arrangement. In an embodiment, the X-ray detector includes a voltage source, configured to provide a first potential and a second potential different from the first potential; a pulse generating unit for generating voltage pulses; and a connecting unit, for applying the voltage pulses onto the first potential, configured at the output to provide a pulsed potential. In an embodiment, through the application of the pulsed potential to a first surface of the direct-conversion converter element and through the application of the second potential to a second surface of the converter element opposed to the first surface, a pulsed potential difference is formed in the direct-conversion converter element.