Entrance window for gas filled radiation detectors
View Patent ↗In a preferred embodiment, an entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, including: a plastic core with electro conductive coatings on both an inner side and an outer side of the plastic core.
1. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, comprising: a plastic core with electro conductive coatings on both an inner side and an outer side of said plastic core, wherein said inner side is coated with at least two metals.
2. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said plastic core is a high barrier plastic film of low surface density.
3. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said plastic core is a polyethylene terephthalate film.
4. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 3 , wherein: said polyethylene terephthalate film is multi-layer and oriented.
5. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said plastic core has a thickness of from about 12 μm to about 36 μm.
6. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said electro conductive coating on said outside surface of said plastic core is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, nickel, and iconel.
7. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 6 , further comprising: a layer of chromium of about 50-100 Å thickness applied onto said plastic core between said plastic core and said electro conductive layer.
8. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 6 , wherein: said electro conductive layer is aluminum of about 400 Å thickness.
9. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 6 , wherein: said electro conductive layer is nickel of about 200 Å thickness.
10. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said electro conductive coatings on said inner side of said plastic core comprises: at least one pair of “A”/“B” layers, where “A” of a first inner layer is placed directly on said plastic core and “B” of a second inner layer is placed on layer “A”.
11. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 10 , wherein: said “A” layer is selected from the group consisting of chromium, nickel, silver, and gold.
12. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 10 , wherein: said “A”layer is about 50-100 Å thick.
13. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 10 , wherein: said “B” layer is selected from the group consisting of: aluminum or titanium.
14. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 10 , wherein: said “B” layer is about 400-500Å.
15. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 1 , wherein: said electro conductive coating on said inner side of said plastic core comprises: at least one set of “A”/“B”/“C” layers, where “A” of a first inner layer is placed directly on said plastic core, “B” of a second inner layer is placed on layer “A”, and “C” of a third inner layer is placed on layer “B”.
16. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein: said “A” layer is chromium of about 50-100 Å thickness.
17. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein: said “B” layer is selected from the group consisting of: aluminum and titanium.
18. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein said “B” layers is about 300-400 Å thick.
19. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein: said “C” layer is selected from the group consisting of: chromium, nickel, silver, and gold.
20. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein: said “C” layer is about 200-300 Å thick.
21. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 10 , wherein: said inner side is composed of multiple “A”/“B” layers.
22. An entrance window for a gas filled radiation detector, as defined in claim 15 , wherein: said inner side is composed of multiple “A”/“B”/“C” layers.