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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Izuho Hatada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiwamu Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shun Mitarai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiizu Ootorii, Kanagawa, JP;
Shusaku Yanagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuji Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a radiation detector including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices, each photoelectric conversion device formed at least partially within an embedding layer and having a light receiving surface situated at least partially outside of the embedding layer, and a plurality of scintillator crystals, at least a first scintillator crystal of the plurality of scintillator crystals in contact with at least one light receiving surface at a proximal end, wherein a cross-section of the first scintillator crystal at the proximal end is smaller than a cross-section of the first scintillator crystal at a distal end.