Patents by Inventor Peter Kämmerer

Peter Kämmerer 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: 9322938
    Abstract: A detector module for a radiation detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detector module includes a converter layer with contacts, arranged distributed over an area on the rear side, for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the contacts are routed, by way of rewiring, to target contacts on a target region that is smaller than this area. This provides the conditions for simple and secure signal routing between the contacts on the converter layer and readout electronics. In particular, this is successful if a substrate layer used for stabilization purposes has a cutout for the target region, through which cutout the target contacts are directly connected to the signal-routing lines of readout electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Kämmerer, Thomas Reichel, Stefan Wirth
  • Patent number: 8080803
    Abstract: A detector module is disclosed including a plurality of directly converting detector submodules, each with a back contact, and a scattered radiation collimator spanning the detector submodules. For contacting the back contacts, a contacting unit is provided in at least one embodiment and designed so that a contact connection is established between the contacting unit and the counter-electrodes by way of assembly-related proximity of the scattered radiation collimator and the counter-electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Freund, Peter Hackenschmied, Peter Kämmerer, Claus Pohan
  • Patent number: 8077825
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for acquiring measured data by way of a computed tomography system, wherein the measured data is acquired by a detector unit disposed opposite the radiation source during a rotation of a radiation source around an examination object. In at least one embodiment, the rotation is subdivided into succeeding time segments during each of which measured data is acquired, and each of the succeeding time segments has either a first length or a second length consisting of two predefined lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Kämmerer, Thomas Reichel
  • Publication number: 20110226951
    Abstract: A detector module for a radiation detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detector module includes a converter layer with contacts, arranged distributed over an area on the rear side, for transmitting electrical signals, wherein the contacts are routed, by way of rewiring, to target contacts on a target region that is smaller than this area. This provides the conditions for simple and secure signal routing between the contacts on the converter layer and readout electronics. In particular, this is successful if a substrate layer used for stabilization purposes has a cutout for the target region, through which cutout the target contacts are directly connected to the signal-routing lines of readout electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter KÄMMERER, Thomas Reichel, Stefan Wirth
  • Publication number: 20100278295
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for acquiring measured data by way of a computed tomography system, wherein the measured data is acquired by a detector unit disposed opposite the radiation source during a rotation of a radiation source around an examination object. In at least one embodiment, the rotation is subdivided into succeeding time segments during each of which measured data is acquired, and each of the succeeding time segments has either a first length or a second length consisting of two predefined lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Kämmerer, Thomas Reichel
  • 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