摘要:
Semiconductor detector includes semiconductor substrate (HK), source region (S), drain region (D), external gate region (G) and inner gate region (IG) for collecting free charge carriers generated in semiconductor substrate, wherein inner gate region is arranged in semiconductor substrate at least partially under external gate region to control conduction channel (K) from below as a function of the accumulated charge carriers, as well as with clear contact (CL) for the removal of the accumulated charge carriers from inner gate region, as well as with drain-clear region (DCG) that can be selectively controlled as an auxiliary clear contact or as a drain. Barrier contact (B) is arranged in a lateral direction between external gate region and drain-clear region to build up a controllable potential barrier between inner gate region and clear contact that prevents the charge carriers accumulated in inner gate region from being removed by suction from clear contact.
摘要:
Semiconductor detector includes semiconductor substrate (HK), source region (S), drain region (D), external gate region (G) and inner gate region (IG) for collecting free charge carriers generated in semiconductor substrate, wherein inner gate region is arranged in semiconductor substrate at least partially under external gate region to control conduction channel (K) from below as a function of the accumulated charge carriers, as well as with clear contact (CL) for the removal of the accumulated charge carriers from inner gate region, as well as with drain-clear region (DCG) that can be selectively controlled as an auxiliary clear contact or as a drain. Barrier contact (B) is arranged in a lateral direction between external gate region and drain-clear region to build up a controllable potential barrier between inner gate region and clear contact that prevents the charge carriers accumulated in inner gate region from being removed by suction from clear contact.
摘要:
The invention concerns a radiation entry window (10) for a radiation detector (2), in particular for a semiconductor drift detector (2), with a flat window element (11), which is at least partially permeable for the radiation to be detected by the radiation detector (2), as well as with a window frame (12), which laterally frames the window element (11), wherein the window frame (12) consists of a semiconductor material and is considerably thicker than the window element (11).
摘要:
A semiconductor radiation detector has an at least partially or even completely depleted base region of a first conductivity, to which a bias voltage is applied, and has at least one output or read-out electrode at which a signal is produced by the charge carriers generated by radiation incident on the detector. The read-out or output electrode includes a highly doped region of the first or a second conductivity, onto which an insulating layer and thereupon a conducting electrode layer are applied for outputting the generated or induced signals. The voltage application to the highly doped region of the read-out or output electrode is achieved through a high impedance through the base region of the detector, from at least one electrode of the same conductivity as that of the output or read-out electrode. Thus, it is simply possible to capacitively couple the detector to external circuitry even if these external circuits have a complex structure or arrangement.
摘要:
The invention relates to a radiation detector (1) for detecting low-intensity radiation, especially for detecting individual photons. The radiation detector includes a plurality of rows of image cells (5) with respective pluralities of image cells (5) disposed one after the other and respective signal outputs (6). The radiation to be detected generates signal charge carriers in the individual image cells (5), the charge carriers being transported along the rows of image cells to the respective signal output (6). A plurality of output amplifiers (7) are connected in parallel to one of the signal outputs each of the individual image cell columns and amplify the signal charge carriers. The invention is characterized in that the output amplifiers (7) include respective avalanche amplifiers (8).
摘要:
The invention relates to a semiconductor detector, in particular a pnCCD detector, for radiation detection, including a guard ring (12, 14) and a readout anode (3, 4) arranged inside the guard ring (12, 14) for reading out radiation-generated signal charge carriers (e−), and also including a clearing contact (9) arranged outside the guard ring (12, 14) for removing the collected signal charge carriers (e−) from the readout anode (3, 4). According to the invention, the semiconductor detector furthermore includes a gap (15, 16) in the guard ring (12, 14) and also a controllable gate (17, 18) which is arranged over the gap (15, 16) in the guard ring (12, 14) and makes the gap (15, 16) in the guard ring (12, 14) permeable or impermeable to the signal charge carriers (e−) to be removed, depending on an electrical actuation of the gate (17, 18).
摘要:
The invention relates to a DEPFET transistor (1) for detecting a radio-generated signal charge (2) and for generating an electronic output signal in a manner dependent on the detected signal charge (2) according to a predetermined characteristic curve. The invention provides for the characteristic curve to have a degressive characteristic curve profile in order to combine a high measurement sensitivity in the case of small signal charges (2) with a large measurement range through to large signal charges (2).
摘要:
The invention relates to an operating method for a semiconductor structure (1), particularly for a detecting element, in a semiconductor detector, particularly in a blocked impurity band detector, comprising the following steps: a) generating free signal charge carriers (2) in the semiconductor detector by impinging radiation, b) collecting the radiation-generated signal charge carriers (2) in a storage area (IG) in the semiconductor structure (1), wherein the storage area (IG) forms a potential well in which the signal charge carriers (2) are captured, c) deleting the signal charge carriers (2) collected in the storage area (IG) in IG that the signal charge carriers (2) are removed from the storage area (IG), d) generating an electric tunnel field in the area of the storage area (IG), so that the signal charge carriers (2) present in the storage area (IG) can tunnel out of the potential well of the storage area (IG) using the tunnel effect, into a conduction band in which the signal charge carriers (2) are freely displaceable. The invention further relates to a corresponding semiconductor structure.
摘要:
The invention relates to a DEPFET transistor (1) for detecting a radio-generated signal charge (2) and for generating an electronic output signal in a manner dependent on the detected signal charge (2) according to a predetermined characteristic curve. The invention provides for the characteristic curve to have a degressive characteristic curve profile in order to combine a high measurement sensitivity in the case of small signal charges (2) with a large measurement range through to large signal charges (2).
摘要:
The invention concerns a radiation entry window (10) for a radiation detector (2), in particular for a semiconductor drift detector (2), with a flat window element (11), which is at least partially permeable for the radiation to be detected by the radiation detector (2), as well as with a window frame (12), which laterally frames the window element (11), wherein the window frame (12) consists of a semiconductor material and is considerably thicker than the window element (11). (FIG. 1)