IP Library Granted Patent US 12,474,491
Granted Patent B2
US 12,474,491 · App. 18/162,014 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Detector for radioactive ray

Inventor: Fumiaki Mizutani (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G01T1/2928
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Patent No.
US 12,474,491
App. No.
18/162,014
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detector includes: a first member that detects a radioactive ray; a second member located around the first member; a third member having a first opening overlapping at least a part of a first region on which the first member is projected in a planar view including the first member and the second member; a fourth member having a second opening overlapping at least a part of the first region in the planar view and having higher thermal conductivity than the third member; and a penetration part provided in a third region overlapping the fourth member outside a second region on which the second member is projected in the planar view, connected to the fourth member, connected to the second member via a thermal conductive member, and having higher thermal conductivity than the third member.

Claims (34)

1 . A detector comprising:

a first member that detects a radioactive ray;

a second member located around the first member;

a third member having a first opening overlapping at least a part of a first region on which the first member is projected in a planar view including the first member and the second member;

a fourth member having a second opening overlapping at least a part of the first region in the planar view and having higher thermal conductivity than the third member; and

a penetration part provided in a third region overlapping the fourth member outside a second region on which the second member is projected in the planar view, connected to the fourth member, connected to the second member via a thermal conductive member, and having higher thermal conductivity than the third member.

2 . The detector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first member includes a plurality of pixels for forming an image based on the radioactive ray, and

wherein the second member includes a peripheral circuit including a signal processing circuit and input/output terminals.

3 . The detector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the radioactive ray is an electron beam, and

wherein a region formed of the first opening is in a vacuum.

4 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first member has a thickness within a range of 10 μm to 100 μm.

5 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first member has a thickness within a range of 25 μm to 75 μm.

6 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal conductive member is an electrical conductor and is connected to a ground electrode and fixed at a constant potential.

7 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal conductive member is a thermal conductive wiring or a bonding wire and comprises a material of gold, silver, copper, or aluminum or an alloy of any of gold, silver, copper, and aluminum.

8 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the thermal conductive member is connected to a wiring layer included in a semiconductor layer of the second member.

9 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the second member connected to the thermal conductive member and a surface of the penetration part connected to the thermal conductive member are at the same level.

10 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the penetration part is a thermal conductor or an electrical conductor material and includes gold, tungsten, copper, titanium, tantrum, aluminum, ruthenium, or carbon graphite in at least a part of the penetration part.

11 . The detector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region, the second region, and the third region each have a rectangular outer circumference in the planar view, and

wherein the penetration part is arranged on an outer circumference side of two sides out of four sides of the outer circumference of the third region, the two sides having a smaller distance to the outer circumference of the first region.

12 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the third member is a printed circuit board or a ceramic substrate.

13 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the second member, the third member, and the fourth member are connected by an adhesive agent, grease, gel, solder, or a die bond material in connections to other members, respectively.

14 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the third member is detachably connected to the fourth member, or the fourth member is detachably connected to another member on an opposite side of the third member with respect to the fourth member as a reference.

15 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is connected to the third member or the fourth member.

16 . The detector according to claim 1 , wherein the first member contains silicon, germanium, or cadmium.

17 . A radiation detection device comprising:

the detector according to claim 1 ;

a radiation source that generates the radioactive ray; and

a control unit that controls the detector and the radiation source.

18 . A detection system comprising:

the detector according to claim 1 ; and

a processing circuit that processes a signal from the detector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2023
From: MIZUTANI, FUMIAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062897/0215 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-020118 · Feb 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230258833A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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