Invention Application
- Patent Title: SINGLE LAYER 3D TRACKING SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTOR
- Patent Title (中): 单层三维跟踪半导体探测器
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Application No.: US14346206Application Date: 2011-09-21
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Publication No.: US20140332691A1Publication Date: 2014-11-13
- Inventor: Michael Campbell , Thilo Michel , Jan Jakubek
- Applicant: Michael Campbell , Thilo Michel , Jan Jakubek
- Applicant Address: CH Geneva DE Erlangen CZ Prague
- Assignee: CERN - EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH,Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Numberg,Czech Technical University in Prague Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
- Current Assignee: CERN - EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH,Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Numberg,Czech Technical University in Prague Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
- Current Assignee Address: CH Geneva DE Erlangen CZ Prague
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/004733 WO 20110921
- Main IPC: G01T1/29
- IPC: G01T1/29 ; G01T1/24

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pixel detector (10), comprising a semiconductor sensor layer (12), in which charges can be generated upon interaction with particles to be detected. The semiconductor layer defines an X-Y-plane and has a thickness extending in Z-direction. The detector further comprises a read-out electronics layer (14) connected to said semiconductor layer (12), said read-out electronics layer (14) comprising an array of read-out circuits (20) for detecting signals indicative of charges generated in a corresponding volume of said semiconductor sensor layer (12). The neighbouring read-out circuits (20) are connected by a relative timing circuit configured to determine time difference information between signals detected at said neighbouring read-out circuits (20). The time difference information is indicative of a difference in the Z-components of the locations of charge generations in the corresponding neighbouring sensor volumes caused by a particle trajectory that is inclined with respect to the X-Y-plane.
Public/Granted literature
- US09297912B2 Single layer 3D tracking semiconductor detector Public/Granted day:2016-03-29
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