Invention Grant
US09405024B2 Method to improve the time resolution of digital silicon photomultipliers
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提高数字硅光电倍增管时间分辨率的方法
- Patent Title: Method to improve the time resolution of digital silicon photomultipliers
- Patent Title (中): 提高数字硅光电倍增管时间分辨率的方法
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Application No.: US14339489Application Date: 2014-07-24
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Publication No.: US09405024B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Thomas Frach , Gordian Prescher
- Applicant: Thomas Frach , Gordian Prescher
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Main IPC: G01T1/29
- IPC: G01T1/29 ; A61B6/03 ; H03K5/22 ; G04F10/00 ; H03M1/08

Abstract:
A radiation detector module for use in a time-of-flight positron emission tomography (TOF-PET) scanner generates a trigger signal indicative of a detected radiation event. A timing circuit including a first time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a second TDC is configured to output a corrected timestamp for the detected radiation event based on a first timestamp determined by the first TDC and a second timestamp determined by the second TDC. The first TDC is synchronized to a first reference clock signal and the second TDC is synchronized to a second reference clock signal, the first and second reference clock signals being asynchronous.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140336987A1 METHOD TO IMPROVE THE TIME RESOLUTION OF DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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