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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:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Matthias Simon, Aachen, DE;
Frank Verbakel, Helmond, NL;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Naor Wainer, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a radiation detector () and to a method for manufacturing such a detector. In a preferred embodiment, the radiation detector () comprises an array of photosensitive pillars () that are embedded in a conversion material (). The photosensitive pillars may particularly be diodes connected at their ends to external circuits (). The conversion material () may particularly comprise a powder of scintillator particles () embedded in a matrix of binder.