Patent ID: 7645998

Claim:
A detector for X-radiation comprising: a number of detector modules; and at least one carrier plate on which the number of detector modules are arranged, each of the number of detector modules including, an array of detector elements, a first printed circuit board, the array of detector elements being arranged on a first side of the first printed circuit board, and at least one component usable for signal processing being arranged on a second side of the first printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board making electrical contact with a plug connector having a free space in which the at least one component is held, a second printed circuit board, arranged below the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board being connected to the first printed circuit board via the plug in such a way that electric signals is transmissible between the first and second printed circuit boards, wherein at least one component used for signal processing is arranged on the second printed circuit board, the component arranged on the second printed circuit board and usable for signal processing is arranged on the side of the second printed circuit board which faces the first printed circuit board and is held in the free space of the plug, and the first printed circuit board makes direct electrical contact with the plug connector.