Patent ID: 8274657
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A radiation detector comprising: a plurality of detector elements, by means of which, during operation of the radiation detector, a detector signal is obtained; and a control device; wherein: the detector elements each have a spectral sensitivity distribution and are suitable for generating signals, at least one detector element comprises a compound semiconductor material, said detector element being designed for detecting radiation in the visible spectral region, the radiation detector is designed such that different spectral sensitivity channels of the radiation detector are formed by means of the spectral sensitivity distribution of the detector elements, in the spectral sensitivity channels, a channel signal assigned to a respective sensitivity channel, can be generated using the detector elements, the control device is designed such that contributions of different channel signals to the detector signal of the radiation detector can be controlled differently, wherein the control device weights contributions of channel signals to the detector signal differently relative to each other, and wherein the detector signal of the radiation detector is formed by means of superposition of channel signals.