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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Fuchs, Nuremberg, DE;
Erich Hell, Erlangen, DE;
Wolfgang Knuepfer, Erlangen, DE;
Detlef Mattern, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Münich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/150 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 3/150 ;
Abstract
A radiation converter includes a radiation absorber for generating light photons dependent on the intensity of incident radiation following the radiation absorber by a photocathode, an electrode system for accelerating the electrons emanating from the photocathode onto an electron detector for generating electrical signals dependent on the incident electrons, and an electron multiplier arranged between the photocathode and the electron detector. The electrons emanating from the photocathode are multiplied by the electron multiplier.