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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:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ching-Yeu Wei, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Michael Clement DeJule, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 7/00 ; G01T 1/20 ; H01L 3/10203 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 7/00 ; G01T 1/20 ; H01L 3/10203 ;
Abstract
An imager includes a substrate, a light-sensitive imaging array on the substrate, a scintillator over the array, and a cover over the scintillator sealed to the substrate. An edge of the array is situated close to an edge of the substrate relative to other edges of the array and substrate. A U-shaped end cap is sealed to and covers an edge of the cover, the edge of the substrate and a portion of each of the cover and substrate inward from their respective edges.