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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2001
Olivier Monnet, Tullins, FR;
Jean-Paul Bonnefoy, Grenoble, FR;
Corinne Mestais, La Terrasse, FR;
Francis Sauvage, Moirans, FR;
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A semiconductor detector including at least one block of detector pixels, each detector pixel being composed of a semiconductor element with a first face covered by a first armature and a second face covered by a second armature. The detector pixels are assembled side by side such that the first armatures define a detector plane. The first armatures are covered by a plane conducting structure that connects them together electrically. The detector does not have any dead area in which detection is impossible. The semiconductor is particularly applicable to detection of ionizing radiation (gamma rays, X-rays, etc.)