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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Turin, IT;
Hartmut F. W. Sadrozinski, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abraham Seiden, San Jose, CA (US);
Nicolo Cartiglia, Milan, IT;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Position sensitive radiation detection is provided using a continuous electrode in a semiconductor radiation detector, as opposed to the conventional use of a segmented electrode. Time constants relating to AC coupling between the continuous electrode and segmented contacts to the electrode are selected to provide position resolution from the resulting configurations. The resulting detectors advantageously have a more uniform electric field than conventional detectors having segmented electrodes, and are expected to have much lower cost of production and of integration with readout electronics.