US 11,740,368 B2
Photon counting detector
Roger Steadman Booker, Aachen (DE); and Amir Livne, Zichron Ya'Aqov (IL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/781,151
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084997
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/122134, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19216882 (EP), filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413170 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G01T 1/24 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/243 (2013.01) [G01T 1/241 (2013.01); H01L 27/14661 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photon counting detector, comprising:
a plurality of detector tiles, wherein each detector tile comprises:
a sensor material layer;
an integrated circuit;
an input/output connection or flex;
a high voltage electrode or foil; and
an anti-scatter grid;
wherein, the input/output connection or flex is connected to the integrated circuit;
wherein, the integrated circuit is configured to readout signals from the sensor material layer;
wherein, the anti: scatter grid is positioned adjacent to a surface of the sensor material layer;
wherein, the high voltage electrode or foil extends across the surface of the sensor material layer and is configured to provide a bias voltage to the surface of the sensor material layer, and wherein the high voltage electrode or foil comprises at least one tail section; and
wherein, the high voltage electrode or foil of a first detector tile is configured to make an electrical connection with the high voltage electrode or foil of an adjacent detector tile via one or more tail sections of the at least one tail section of the first detector tile and/or via one or more tail sections of the at least one tail section of the adjacent detector tile.