Patents by Inventor Keitaro Hitomi

Keitaro Hitomi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11555934
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinpara, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20220179107
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori KINPARA, Toshiyuki ONODERA, Keitaro HITOMI
  • Patent number: 11307315
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinpara, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20210041585
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori KINPARA, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi
  • Patent number: 10859717
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinpara, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi
  • Patent number: 10782427
    Abstract: A radiation detector has a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONIX K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinpara, Toshiyuki Onodera, Keitaro Hitomi
  • Publication number: 20200264324
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and the second electrodes includes an alloy layer and a low-resistance metal layer provide on the alloy layer. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium. The low-resistance metal layer has a resistance value lower than a resistance value of the alloy layer and is electrically connected to a pad on a readout circuit while the radiation detector is mounted on the readout circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori KINPARA, Toshiyuki ONODERA, Keitaro HITOMI
  • Publication number: 20190346576
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a radiation detector having a structure enabling suppression of polarization in a thallium bromide crystalline body and suppression of corrosion of an electrode in the air. The radiation detector comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a thallium bromide crystalline body provided between the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes an alloy layer 12. The alloy layer is comprised of an alloy of metallic thallium and another metal different from the metallic thallium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Masanori KINPARA, Toshiyuki ONODERA, Keitaro HITOMI
  • Patent number: 7157716
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor radiation detector and radiation detection apparatus capable of improving energy resolution and the semiconductor radiation detection apparatus includes a semiconductor radiation detector and a signal processing circuit which processes a radiation detection signal output from the semiconductor radiation detector. The semiconductor radiation detector is provided with anode electrodes A and cathode electrodes C disposed so as to face each other with semiconductor radiation detection elements placed in-between. The semiconductor radiation detection element is made up of a single crystal of thallous bromide containing trivalent thallium (e.g., tribromobis thallium). The semiconductor radiation detector containing such a semiconductor radiation detection element reduces lattice defects in the single crystal and thereby increases charge collection efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Kensuke Amemiya, Kazuma Yokoi, Yuuichirou Ueno, Katsutoshi Tsuchiya, Norihito Yanagita, Shinichi Kojima, Keitaro Hitomi, Tadayoshi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20060065847
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor radiation detector and radiation detection apparatus capable of improving energy resolution and the semiconductor radiation detection apparatus includes a semiconductor radiation detector and a signal processing circuit which processes a radiation detection signal output from the semiconductor radiation detector. The semiconductor radiation detector is provided with anode electrodes A and cathode electrodes C disposed so as to face each other with semiconductor radiation detection elements placed in-between. The semiconductor radiation detection element is made up of a single crystal of thallous bromide containing trivalent thallium (e.g., tribromobis thallium). The semiconductor radiation detector containing such a semiconductor radiation detection element reduces lattice defects in the single crystal and thereby increases charge collection efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kitaguchi, Kensuke Amemiya, Kazuma Yokoi, Yuuichirou Ueno, Katsutoshi Tsuchiya, Norihito Yanagita, Shinichi Kojima, Keitaro Hitomi, Tadayoshi Shoji