Patent ID: 8008626

Claim:
A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) neutron detector comprising: a silicon-on-insulator structure, wherein the silicon-on-insulator structure consists of an active semiconductor layer, a buried layer consisting of one selected from the group consisting of a silicon oxide, an insulator, a silicon nitride, a metal oxide, and combinations thereof, and a handle substrate; a lateral carrier transport and collection detector structure within the active semiconductor layer of the silicon-on-insulator structure; and a neutron to high energy particle converter layer to generate energetic particles above the active semiconductor layer; wherein the lateral carrier transport and collection detector structure within the active semiconductor layer of the silicon-on-insulator structure has a high immunity to gamma ray generated carriers, wherein the lateral carrier transport and collection detector structure within the active semiconductor layer of the silicon-on-insulator structure has a fast rise time neutron detector response, wherein the lateral carrier transport and collection detector structure within the active semiconductor layer of the silicon-on-insulator structure can detect either a thermal neutron or a fast neutron.