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X-Ray Sensing Properties of a Lead Oxide Photoconductor Combined With an Amorphous Silicon Tft Array

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

A. Brauers ,
N. Conrads ,
G. Frings ,
U. Schiebel ,
M.J. Powell  and
C. Glasse
A. Brauers
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, PO Box 500145, D-52085 Aachen, Fed. Rep., GERMANY
N. Conrads
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, PO Box 500145, D-52085 Aachen, Fed. Rep., GERMANY
G. Frings
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, PO Box 500145, D-52085 Aachen, Fed. Rep., GERMANY
U. Schiebel
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, PO Box 500145, D-52085 Aachen, Fed. Rep., GERMANY
M.J. Powell
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, RH I 5HA, UNITED KINGDOM
C. Glasse
Affiliation:
Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, RH I 5HA, UNITED KINGDOM
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Abstract

We present first results on the performance of flat dynamic x-ray detectors (FDXD) based on arrays of amorphous silicon thin film transistors (TFT) with charge storage capacitances and lead oxide as x-ray photoconductor. In order to increase the “active area” of every pixel, the layout of the array has been made in a multilevel arrangement, where the charge collecting electrode is separated from the underlying electronics by a thick insulating layer. This allows for a geometrical overlap of the pixel electrodes and TFTs. PbO has been chosen as the x-ray sensing material due to its very high x-ray sensitivity. The relevant detector properties of evaporated PbO layers are described along with results obtained on first FDXD devices with PbO.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 507: Symposium A – Amorphous & Microcrystalline Silicon Technology 1998 , 1998 , 321
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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