US Patent Issued to Canon on July 28 for "Radiation detector, radiation detection unit, and radiation imaging system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,828, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Radiation detector, radiation detection unit, and radiation imaging system" was invented by Kunihito Ide (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detector includes a semiconductor layer including a light receiving portion configured to receive radiation, and a cooling device disposed at a distance from the semiconductor layer in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the semiconductor layer. A first member and a second member are provided along a plane that is positioned between the semiconductor layer and the cooling device and that is parallel t...