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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25230145 ; 264 21 ;
Abstract
A phosphor for a radiation detector is based on a phosphor ceramic of a rare earth oxisulfide with the general sum formula (M.sub.1-x Ln.sub.x).sub.2 O.sub.2 S, wherein M is at least one element from the group Y, La and Gd, Ln is at least one element of the group Eu, Pr, Tb, Yb, Dy, Sm and Ho, and wherein (2.times.10.sup.-1).gtoreq..times..gtoreq.(1.times.10.sup.-6) and which is doped an element D selected from Zr, Ti and Hf and at least one element A selected from Co, Mn and Ni for reducing the afterglow.