Patents by Inventor Ludwig Danzer

Ludwig Danzer 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: 10890673
    Abstract: An X-ray detector, including a stacking arrangement, includes an evaluation unit and a carrier unit. The evaluation unit and the carrier unit are electrically conductively connected via a plurality of connecting elements. An interspace is formed between the evaluation unit, the carrier unit and the plurality of connecting elements. A protective element is formed on side faces of the carrier unit, arranged essentially parallel to a stacking direction of the stacking arrangement. The protective element is formed in at least one section of the side faces along the entire outer circumference and along the edges of the side faces, facing the evaluation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Harald Geyer, Jan Wrege
  • Publication number: 20190090825
    Abstract: An X-ray detector, including a stacking arrangement, includes an evaluation unit and a carrier unit. The evaluation unit and the carrier unit are electrically conductively connected via a plurality of connecting elements. An interspace is formed between the evaluation unit, the carrier unit and the plurality of connecting elements. A protective element is formed on side faces of the carrier unit, arranged essentially parallel to a stacking direction of the stacking arrangement. The protective element is formed in at least one section of the side faces along the entire outer circumference and along the edges of the side faces, facing the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig DANZER, Harald GEYER, Jan WREGE
  • Patent number: 10107920
    Abstract: A sensor board for a detector module is disclosed. It includes, in a stack construction, at least one reader unit and a sensor layer arranged spaced from the reader unit in the direction of the stack. A gap formed by the spacing between the sensor layer and the reader unit is filled with a cured filling material such that at least one edge region of the sensor layer is free of the filling material. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a corresponding sensor board, and a detector module is disclosed for an X-ray detector having a number of sensor boards which are arranged to be mutually adjacent on a module carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Harald Geyer, Miguel Labayen De Inza, Jan Wrege
  • Patent number: 9966409
    Abstract: An imaging device for electromagnetic radiation, especially for x-ray and/or gamma radiation, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the imaging device includes a layering including a number of detection elements, a number of read-out boards and a base board. Each of the detection elements is electrically contacted with a respective read-out board via a plurality of first solder contacts. Each read-out board includes a plurality of through-contacts and is electrically contacted with the base board via a plurality of second solder contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Miguel Labayen De Inza, Jan Wrege
  • Publication number: 20160170032
    Abstract: A sensor board for a detector module is disclosed. It includes, in a stack construction, at least one reader unit and a sensor layer arranged spaced from the reader unit in the direction of the stack. A gap formed by the spacing between the sensor layer and the reader unit is filled with a cured filling material such that at least one edge region of the sensor layer is free of the filling material. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for manufacturing a corresponding sensor board, and a detector module is disclosed for an X-ray detector having a number of sensor boards which are arranged to be mutually adjacent on a module carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig DANZER, Harald GEYER, Miguel LABAYEN DE INZA, Jan WREGE
  • Publication number: 20160015339
    Abstract: An imaging device for electromagnetic radiation, especially for x-ray and/or gamma radiation, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the imaging device includes a layering including a number of detection elements, a number of read-out boards and a base board. Each of the detection elements is electrically contacted with a respective read-out board via a plurality of first solder contacts. Each read-out board includes a plurality of through-contacts and is electrically contacted with the base board via a plurality of second solder contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ludwig DANZER, Miguel LABAYEN DE INZA, Jan WREGE
  • Patent number: 8385508
    Abstract: A scattered radiation collimator element is disclosed for producing a scattered radiation collimator for absorbing scattered radiation which is generated during an examination of an object by interaction of x-ray or gamma radiation used for this purpose. For the purposes of simplification and reducing costs during production, in at least one embodiment, the scattered radiation collimator element includes a plurality of absorber elements, designed in a strip-like or filament-like fashion and arranged adjacent to one another to form an absorber surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ludwig Danzer
  • Patent number: 8324581
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a radiation detector which includes a plurality of radiation detector modules arranged adjacent to one another with in each case one scintillation element with a radiation inlet surface aligned transversely with respect to a main direction of a radiation, and light detector arrangements arranged transversely with respect to the radiation inlet surfaces of the scintillation elements. In the process of at least one embodiment, one light detector arrangement is arranged between two scintillation elements and has two light inlet surfaces which point away from one another, of which one is associated with a first scintillation element and one is associated with a second scintillation element. Furthermore, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a light detector arrangement, a production method for a radiation detector according to at least one embodiment of the invention and/or an imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Jan Wrege
  • Publication number: 20100173445
    Abstract: A production method for a sensor unit of an X-ray detector is disclosed, which can be implemented easily and precisely, is specified, the sensor unit including a scintillator with photodiodes integrated in its septa for lateral readout. In at least one embodiment of the method, individual scintillator strips are initially produced from a plurality of scintillator pixels adjoining one another along one dimension. Respectively one photodiode strip, made of a plurality of photodiodes in turn adjoining one another along one dimension, is attached to each of the individual scintillator strips along a longitudinal side in order to form a sensor strip. Here, respectively one photodiode is associated with each scintillator pixel for readout purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Michael Miess, Stefan Wirth
  • Publication number: 20100163738
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a radiation detector which includes a plurality of radiation detector modules arranged adjacent to one another with in each case one scintillation element with a radiation inlet surface aligned transversely with respect to a main direction of a radiation, and light detector arrangements arranged transversely with respect to the radiation inlet surfaces of the scintillation elements. In the process of at least one embodiment, one light detector arrangement is arranged between two scintillation elements and has two light inlet surfaces which point away from one another, of which one is associated with a first scintillation element and one is associated with a second scintillation element. Furthermore, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a light detector arrangement, a production method for a radiation detector according to at least one embodiment of the invention and/or an imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Ludwig DANZER, Jan Wrege
  • Patent number: 7645998
    Abstract: A detector module includes an array of detector elements and a printed circuit board. On a first side of the circuit board, the array of detector elements is arranged, and on a second side at least one component used for signal processing is arranged. The printed circuit board makes electrical contact with a plug connector having a free space in which the component is held. The detector module is provided for a detector of a computed tomography unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Harald Märkl
  • Publication number: 20090225953
    Abstract: A scattered radiation collimator element is disclosed for producing a scattered radiation collimator for absorbing scattered radiation which is generated during an examination of an object by interaction of x-ray or gamma radiation used for this purpose. For the purposes of simplification and reducing costs during production, in at least one embodiment, the scattered radiation collimator element includes a plurality of absorber elements, designed in a strip-like or filament-like fashion and arranged adjacent to one another to form an absorber surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Ludwig Danzer
  • Patent number: 7358501
    Abstract: A detector module is disclosed, having an array of detector elements and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a first region for holding the array of detector elements and includes at least one second region, angled off relative to the first region. On this at least one second region, signal-processing electronics may be arranged. The vertical design of the detector module allows the design of an area detector to be produced on the basis of a multiplicity of detector modules arranged next to one another. The area detector may be provided for a computer tomograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Andreas Freund, Björn Heismann, Peter Kämmerer, Harald Märkl, Claus Pohan, Thomas Reichel, Gottfried Tschöpa, Stefan Wirth
  • Publication number: 20070181252
    Abstract: Use of a hotmelt adhesive is disclosed for fixing at least one micro device on a carrier. A pasty fixation compound is further disclosed for micro devices including a powdered hotmelt adhesive, an anti-flow additive and a solvent for the anti-flow additive. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for fixing at least one micro device on a carrier, a hotmelt adhesive being applied to a carrier, the micro device being positioned at a predetermined distance from the carrier and fixed by the hotmelt adhesive until a solid adhesive bond has been produced between the at least one micro device and the carrier by cooling the hotmelt adhesive, the gap produced being filled by an epoxy resin and the two devices being adhesively bonded securely by curing of the epoxy resin. Furthermore, a detector is disclosed for detecting ionizing radiation which has a multiplicity of detector elements disposed in a two-dimensional arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Bohm, Ludwig Danzer, Gregor Hemken, Jurgen Leppert, Elisabeth Stammen, Jan Wrege
  • Publication number: 20070163671
    Abstract: In a method and a device for non-contacting monitoring of the fill state of liquids in an unpressurized liquid container, the fill state and/or the fill state change is determined by radiating light onto the boundary region of the liquid at which a fill state-dependent curvature arises due to adhesion forces of the liquid at the reservoir wall and surface tension, and the intensity of the reflected light or the reflection angle is measured at a predetermined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Boehm, Ludwig Danzer, Sven Rathmann, Jan Wrege
  • Publication number: 20070034804
    Abstract: A collimator is disclosed for a detector sensitive to radiation and having a contact electrode. The collimator includes a bottom element which is connectable to the contact electrode of the detector. In the bottom element, there is introducible into the recess in such a manner that when the bottom element is connected to the contact electrode, the electrical conductor is electrically connected to the contact electrode. A detector arrangement is also disclosed, having such a collimator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Silke Janssen
  • Publication number: 20070034807
    Abstract: A detector module includes an array of detector elements and a printed circuit board. On a first side of the circuit board, the array of detector elements is arranged, and on a second side at least one component used for signal processing is arranged. The printed circuit board makes electrical contact with a plug connector having a free space in which the component is held. The detector module is provided for a detector of a computed tomography unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Harald Markl
  • Publication number: 20060231767
    Abstract: A detector module is disclosed, having an array of detector elements and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a first region for holding the array of detector elements and includes at least one second region, angled off relative to the first region. On this at least one second region, signal-processing electronics may be arranged. The vertical design of the detector module allows the design of an area detector to be produced on the basis of a multiplicity of detector modules arranged next to one another. The area detector may be provided for a computer tomograph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Andreas Freund, Bjorn Heismann, Peter Kammerer, Harald Markl, Claus Pohan, Thomas Reichel, Gottfried Tschopa, Stefan Wirth
  • Publication number: 20060011851
    Abstract: A component carrier is for at least one x-ray sensitive detector element. On the carrier, at least one signal-processing component can be arranged. The carrier includes an x-ray absorbing material for the protection of the signal-processing component from x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Richard Matz
  • Publication number: 20050184246
    Abstract: A detector module for an X-ray computer tomograph, includes a number of sensor arrays provided next to one another on a printed circuit board. Each of the sensor arrays includes a plurality of first contact elements on a top side, averted from the printed circuit board. In order to make contact with the sensor array, the first contact elements are electrically connected to second contact elements with the aid of conductor tracks that are accommodated in or on an electrically insulating flexible carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Ludwig Danzer, Bjoern Heismann, Richard Matz, Heinz Pilz, Stefan Wirth, Joerg Zapf