Patent ID: 9684083
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01T,H01L

Claim:
1. An X-ray detector assembly, comprising: a plurality of photodetector wafers arranged in a photodetector array, each photodetector wafer comprising a sensing surface, a contact surface opposite the sensing surface, and an electrical contact coupled to the contact surface, wherein the sensing surfaces collectively form a sensing surface side of the photodetector array and the contact surfaces collectively form a contact surface side of the photodetector array; a substrate deposited over the contact surface side of the photodetector array such that the photodetector array is substantially embedded into the substrate and a face surface of the substrate is substantially coplanar with the sensing surface, the substrate further defining contact windows aligned with the electrical contacts to provide access to the contacts; a scintillator layer deposited onto the sensing surface of the photodetector array and onto the face surface of the substrate along the perimeter of the array such that the scintillator layer encloses the sensing surface side of the photodetector array and any other portions of the array exposed relative to the face surface of the substrate; and a scintillator cover sealed to the face surface of the substrate, the scintillator cover completely covering and enclosing the scintillator layer including all exposed surfaces of the scintillator layer relative to the face surface of the substrate.