PLASMA PANEL BASED IONIZING-PARTICLE RADIATION DETECTOR
First Claim
1. A plasma panel based ionizing-particle radiation detector comprising:
- a first substrate;
a second substrate coupled to the first substrate by a first hermetic seal, wherein the second substrate comprises an ultra-thin substrate;
a discharge gas between the first and second substrate;
at least one second electrode electrically coupled to a first electrode and defining at least one pixel with the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is coupled to the first substrate;
a first impedance coupled to the first electrode;
a power supply coupled to at least the first or second electrode;
a first discharge event detector circuitry coupled to at least one of the first or second electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode;
a plurality of pixels, each pixel capable of outputting a gas discharge pulse upon interaction with ionizing-radiation, wherein each gas discharge pulse is counted as having approximately an equal value; and
circuitry for detecting if a gas discharge pulse is output from the pixels, and for counting each gas discharge pulse as an individual event.
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Abstract
A plasma panel based ionizing-particle radiation detector includes a first substrate and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate by a hermetic seal. The second substrate is an ultra-thin substrate. The detector further includes a discharge gas between the first and second substrate and at least one second electrode electrically coupled to a first electrode and defining at least one pixel with the first electrode. The second electrode is coupled to the first substrate and a first impedance is coupled to the first electrode. The detector further includes a power supply coupled to at least the first or second electrode and a first discharge event detector circuitry is coupled to at least one of the first or second electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode. The detector further includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel capable of outputting a gas discharge pulse upon interaction with ionizing-radiation. Each gas discharge pulse is counted by the detector as having approximately an equal value and circuitry detects if a gas discharge pulse is output from the pixels, and counts each gas discharge pulse as an individual event.
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13 Claims
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1. A plasma panel based ionizing-particle radiation detector comprising:
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a first substrate; a second substrate coupled to the first substrate by a first hermetic seal, wherein the second substrate comprises an ultra-thin substrate; a discharge gas between the first and second substrate; at least one second electrode electrically coupled to a first electrode and defining at least one pixel with the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is coupled to the first substrate; a first impedance coupled to the first electrode; a power supply coupled to at least the first or second electrode; a first discharge event detector circuitry coupled to at least one of the first or second electrodes for detecting a gas discharge counting event in the electrode; a plurality of pixels, each pixel capable of outputting a gas discharge pulse upon interaction with ionizing-radiation, wherein each gas discharge pulse is counted as having approximately an equal value; and circuitry for detecting if a gas discharge pulse is output from the pixels, and for counting each gas discharge pulse as an individual event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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