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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Stefan Thalhammer, Munich, DE;
Markus Hofstetter, Neubiberg, DE;
John Howgate, Munich, DE;
Martin Stutzmann, Erding, DE;
Stefan Thalhammer, Munich, DE;
Markus Hofstetter, Neubiberg, DE;
John Howgate, Munich, DE;
Martin Stutzmann, Erding, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an X-ray camera () for the high-resolution detection of X-rays (), comprising a plurality of radiation detectors (), each of which has a carrier substrate (), a detector layer (), and contact electrodes (). The detector layer () contains GaN, lies on the carrier substrate (), and has a thickness of less than 50 μm. The contact electrodes () form ohmic contacts with the detector layer (). The X-ray camera also comprises a retaining device () on which the radiation detectors () are arranged along a specified reference line or reference surface (). The invention also relates to a method for capturing an image of an object () being examined using X-rays (), said X-ray camera () being used in the method.