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Title: Detector apparatus having a hybrid pixel-waveform readout system

Abstract

A gamma ray detector apparatus comprises a solid state detector that includes a plurality of anode pixels and at least one cathode. The solid state detector is configured for receiving gamma rays during an interaction and inducing a signal in an anode pixel and in a cathode. An anode pixel readout circuit is coupled to the plurality of anode pixels and is configured to read out and process the induced signal in the anode pixel and provide triggering and addressing information. A waveform sampling circuit is coupled to the at least one cathode and configured to read out and process the induced signal in the cathode and determine energy of the interaction, timing of the interaction, and depth of interaction.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1160244
Patent Number(s):
8866097
Application Number:
13/781,223
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001826
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Meng, Ling-Jian. Detector apparatus having a hybrid pixel-waveform readout system. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Meng, Ling-Jian. Detector apparatus having a hybrid pixel-waveform readout system. United States.
Meng, Ling-Jian. Tue . "Detector apparatus having a hybrid pixel-waveform readout system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1160244.
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