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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1991
John D Cox, Gainesville, FL (US);
William R Eisenstadt, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert M Fox, Gainesville, FL (US);
General Imaging Corporation, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a scintillator for converting impinging x-rays into visible light; a sensor array having two opposed surfaces with a plurality of detectors at one of the surfaces and having the other of the surfaces facing the scintillator; and a plurality of processing circuits facing the one surface and connected to the detectors by bump bonds. Another feature of the invention is a gain stage in close proximity to sensors, which may be MOS capacitors. A single gain stage may be connected to one capacitor or may be connected to several at one time.