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Novel semiconductor-based radiation detector
Assignee: Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-02-01
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Granted: 1990-01-23
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Expires: 2008-02-01
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor-based radiation detector comprising a semiconductor substrate and an amorphous semiconductor layer formed on one surface of the substrate, one electrode being applied to the substrate and one to the amorphous layer, the electrodes formed on the amorphous semiconductor layer consisting of closely spaced, interconnected conductive strips which are substantially uniformly arranged over the entire radiation-incident surface of the amorphous semiconductor layer whereby the electrostatic capacitance appearing between the electrodes of the detector is significantly reduced without significantly changing the area of the detector that responds to radiation.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasukazu Seki
- 👤 Noritada Sato
- 👤 Masaya Yabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 04:51
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F77/00; H10F77/20; H10F77/206; H10F30/00; H10F30/20; H10F30/29; H10F30/295; H10F30/2955
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A semiconductor-based, non-solar radiation detector, including: a single-crystal substrate; an undoped amorphous silicon layer with high specific electrical resistance carried on at least one surface of said substrate to form a heterojunction therebetween; a first aluminum electrode carried on said amorphous silicon layer, said first aluminum electrode having a plurality of thin, closely and uniformly spaced, conductive straps of substantially constant width distributed substantially uniformly over the surface of said amorphous silicon layer and connected to a common central conductive element; a second electrode carried on a surface of said substrate opposite to a surface thereof carrying said undoped amorphous silicon layer; and, means, including said first and second electrodes, for applying a reverse bias to said heterojunction, whereby a depletion layer is produced in said substrate, which depletion layer produces electrical carrier when exposed to nonsolar radiation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A semiconductor-based, non-solar radiation detector, including: a single-crystal substrate; an undoped amorphous silicon layer with high specific electrical resistance carried on at least one surface of said substrate to form a heterojunction therebetween; a first aluminum electrode carried on said amorphous silicon layer, said first aluminum electrode having a plurality of thin, closely and uniformly spaced, conductive straps of substantially constant width distributed substantially uniformly over the surface of said amorphous silicon layer and connected to a common central conductive element; a second electrode carried on a surface of said substrate opposite to a surface thereof carrying said undoped amorphous silicon layer; and, means, including said first and second electrodes, for applying a reverse bias to said heterojunction, whereby a depletion layer is produced in said substrate, which depletion layer produces electrical carrier when exposed to nonsolar radiation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
A device according to claim 1 which includes, in addition, an additional electrode carried by said silicon substrate on its surface opposite to that which carries said amorphous silicon layer, said additional electrode and said aluminum electrode being adapted for the application thereto of a biasing potential to produce a depletion layer in said single-crystal substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device according to claim 2 in which said single-crystal substrate is of silicon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said central conductive element is a trunk from which said strips emanate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus according to claim 1, in which said common central conductive element is a circular core.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the spaces between adjacent ones of said conductive strips are equal and constant over the length of the strips.
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