Bendable Radiation Detector Waterproof Structure for Stable Imaging

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional bendable radiation detectors face issues such as reduced sensitivity, image distortion, and manufacturing complexity due to their flexible and complex electronic structures, making it difficult to develop a waterproof and functional device for harsh environments.

Innovation Solution

A radiation detector with a waterproof structure comprising a main plate, conductive gasket, and front plate, along with a flexible design that includes a cable through-hole and elastic jackets, ensuring electrical grounding and protection against external impacts and foreign materials.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If bendable radiation detectors use thinner and more flexible materials to achieve flexibility, then the bendability is improved, but the sensitivity to radiation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovebendabilityVSAvoidsensitivity to radiation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs composite material structures combining flexible substrates with radiation-sensitive layers. The detector uses a flexible base material that maintains mechanical bendability while incorporating radiation detection elements that preserve sensitivity. This composite approach allows the detector to achieve both flexibility and radiation detection performance by integrating materials with complementary properties.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If complex electronic circuits and hardware structures are added to provide bendability, then the adaptability is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovebendabilityVSAvoidmanufacturing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a flexible circuit board design that dynamically adapts to bending motions. The circuit board incorporates flexible traces and conductive pathways that maintain electrical connectivity during flexing, eliminating the need for complex mechanical joints or rigid support structures. This dynamic flexibility is achieved through flexible printed circuit technology that bends with the detector while maintaining circuit integrity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses flexible thin film structures for the circuit board and protective layers. These thin films provide the necessary mechanical flexibility while maintaining electrical and protective functions. The flexible shell structure allows the detector to bend without compromising the underlying electronic circuits, simplifying the overall manufacturing process by eliminating complex mechanical bending mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Adaptability or versatility

If various structures for bending are implemented, then the adaptability is improved, but the grounding reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovebendabilityVSAvoidgrounding

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a grounding system that maintains equipotential conditions across the flexible detector surface. The conductive layer and grounding structure are designed to ensure uniform electrical potential distribution even when the detector is bent. This is achieved through a continuous conductive path that follows the flexible circuit board, ensuring that grounding effectiveness is maintained regardless of the detector's mechanical configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #12Equipotentiality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The detector achieves improved electrical stability and image quality, allowing operation in harsh environments while maintaining flexibility and preventing damage to internal components.

Implementation Method 1

a radiation detection panel of which at least a portion is bonded to at least a portion of a front surface of the main plate and which detects radiation incident onto a front surface of the radiation detection panel

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectRadiation detection: Photoelectric Effect

Implementation Method 2

a rear elastic jacket which has elasticity and covers at least one of at least a portion of the rear surface of the main plate

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElasticity: Elasticity

Data Source

PatentUS20260043928A1Bendable radiation detector for providing improved radiation imaging

Publication Date: 2026.02.12 DRTECH CORP

AI summary

Provided is a radiation detector which is bendable, detects radiation, and has a waterproof structure, and the radiation detector includes a main plate which supports a radiation detection panel and has a conductive plate shape, the radiation detection panel of which at least a portion is bonded to at least a portion of a front surface of the main plate and which detects radiation incident onto a front surface of the radiation detection panel, a conductive gasket attached to at least a portion of the front surface of the main plate, disposed along a side surface of the radiation detection panel, and electrically coupled to the main plate, and a front plate bonded to a front surface of the conductive gasket, electrically coupled to the conductive gasket, and covering the front surface of the radiation detection panel.