Process for manufacturing an auto-collimating scintillator and product produced thereby

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:869949

Goodman, Claude A ^[1]; Lyon, Alan F ^[2]; Perez-Mendez, Victor ^[2]

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1. El Cerrito, CA
2. Berkeley, CA

There is described a process for the vapor deposition of a scintillator phosphor composition with concomitant shadowing wherein the substrate to be processed is rotated through an arc relative to a vapor source of the scintillator phosphor composition whereby shadowing introduces voided gaps or interstices between columns as a result of the preferential components receiving more coating flux, particularly in the presence of oblique flux.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: University of California (Berkeley, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5427817
• OSTI ID: 869949
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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scintillator
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phosphor
composition
concomitant
shadowing
substrate
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rotated
relative
source
whereby
introduces
voided
gaps
interstices
columns
result
preferential
components
receiving
coating
flux
particularly
presence
oblique
vapor deposition
product produced
composition whereby
phosphor composition
vapor source
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