Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Digital X-ray detector having multi-tap pixels
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Application No.: US14739981Application Date: 2015-06-15
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Publication No.: US09658347B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Biju Jacob , Jianjun Guo , Brian David Yanoff , Uwe Wiedmann
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01T1/24
- IPC: G01T1/24 ; H04N5/32 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
A digital X-ray detector is provided. The digital X-ray detector includes multiple pixels, each pixel including a pinned photodiode, and multiple readout channels coupled to each pinned photodiode, wherein each readout channel includes at least one charge-storage capacitor, an amplifier, and a transfer gate. The digital X-ray detector also includes control circuitry coupled to each pixel of the multiple pixels and configured to selectively control a flow of photocharge generated by each pinned photodiode to a respective at least one charge-storage capacitor of each respective readout channel via control of each respective transfer gate of each respective readout channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160363674A1 DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR HAVING MULTI-TAP PIXELS Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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