ELECTRONIC PULSE DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC PULSE DETECTION CHIP

Title:

ELECTRONIC PULSE DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC PULSE DETECTION CHIP

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2003/029767

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An electronic pulse detection apparatus includes an MCP having a plurality of capillaries arranged in a matrix for increasing the number of electrons and an electronic pulse read out chip (30) arranged at the output side of this MCP. The electronic pulse detection chip (30) has anodes (32) and detection transistors (34) arranged to correspond to capillaries. An electron pulse comes into the anode (32) from the MCP. Each of the detection transistors (34) has a drain connected to a corresponding anode. The detection transistors (34) have gates of each line connected to one another so as to be turned on&sol off by line and sources of each row connected to a switch circuit (80) and are connected via the switch circuit (80) to a current&sol voltage conversion resistance R_L. The current&sol voltage conversion resistance R_L converts into voltage the current flowing when an electronic pulse comes into the anode (32), and inputs the voltage to an operational amplifier (90). Thus, it is possible to detect weak light and radioactive rays two−dimensionally.

Inventors:

YUMII TAKAYOSHI (JP)
DOI KYOJI (JP)
KIMURA NORIAKI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2002/009978

Publication Date:

April 10, 2003

Filing Date:

September 26, 2002

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUI SHIPBUILDING ENG (JP)
YUMII TAKAYOSHI (JP)
DOI KYOJI (JP)
KIMURA NORIAKI (JP)

International Classes:

G01N21/64; G01J1/02; G01N33/53; G01N33/566; G01N37/00; G01T1/20; H01L27/14; H01L27/144; H01L27/146; H04N3/15; H04N5/32; H04N5/374; (IPC1-7): G01J1/02; G01T1/20; G01N21/64; G01N23/203; H01J43/24; H01L27/14; H01L31/00; H04N5/30

Foreign References:

JPH10290015A	1998-10-27
JPS60187878A	1985-09-25
JPH05211321A	1993-08-20
JPS5956181A	1984-03-31
JP2000058808A	2000-02-25

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