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- Patent Title: Absorption imaging apparatus and detector array therefor
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Application No.: US17444322Application Date: 2021-08-03
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Publication No.: US11754513B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Guido Mahnke , Benedikt Hoffmann
- Applicant: Mettler-Toledo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US OH Columbus
- Assignee: Mettler-Toledo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Mettler-Toledo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Columbus
- Agency: STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP
- Agent Jeffrey S. Standley; Adam J. Smith
- Priority: EP 189361 2020.08.04
- Main IPC: G01N23/04
- IPC: G01N23/04 ; G01N23/083 ; G01N23/10

Abstract:
An array (1) for detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided for a radiographic inspection system (20). The array has a plurality of detector elements (2) arranged consecutively along a scan line which extends in a first direction (Y). Each of the detector elements has a detection surface (3) for receiving electromagnetic radiation and converting the received electromagnetic radiation into a corresponding detection signal. Each detection surface (3) has a surface normal (4, N) that extends in a common plane (S) and converges into a common focus (5). The common plane (S) extends in the first direction (Y). The distances between the common focus and the detection surfaces along the respective surface normal (4, N) are different for at least two detector elements.
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