Gated strip proportional detector
Abstract
A gated strip proportional detector includes a gas tight chamber which encloses a solid ground plane, a wire anode plane, a wire gating plane, and a multiconductor cathode plane. The anode plane amplifies the amount of charge deposited in the chamber by a factor of up to 10.sup.6. The gating plane allows only charge within a narrow strip to reach the cathode. The cathode plane collects the charge allowed to pass through the gating plane on a set of conductors perpendicular to the open-gated region. By scanning the open-gated region across the chamber and reading out the charge collected on the cathode conductors after a suitable integration time for each location of the gate, a two-dimensional image of the intensity of the ionizing radiation incident on the detector can be made.
- Inventors:
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- Los Alamos, NM
- Espanola, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 866204
- Patent Number(s):
- 4654531
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- gated; strip; proportional; detector; gas; tight; chamber; encloses; solid; ground; plane; wire; anode; gating; multiconductor; cathode; amplifies; amount; charge; deposited; factor; 10; allows; narrow; reach; collects; allowed; pass; set; conductors; perpendicular; open-gated; region; scanning; reading; collected; suitable; integration; time; location; gate; two-dimensional; image; intensity; ionizing; radiation; incident; charge collected; wire anode; ground plane; ionizing radiation; radiation incident; two-dimensional image; anode plane; cathode plane; gated strip; gas tight; strip proportional; proportional detector; narrow strip; dimensional image; charge deposited; tight chamber; conductor cathode; /250/
Citation Formats
Morris, Christopher L, Idzorek, George C, and Atencio, Leroy G. Gated strip proportional detector. United States: N. p., 1987.
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title = {Gated strip proportional detector},
author = {Morris, Christopher L and Idzorek, George C and Atencio, Leroy G},
abstractNote = {A gated strip proportional detector includes a gas tight chamber which encloses a solid ground plane, a wire anode plane, a wire gating plane, and a multiconductor cathode plane. The anode plane amplifies the amount of charge deposited in the chamber by a factor of up to 10.sup.6. The gating plane allows only charge within a narrow strip to reach the cathode. The cathode plane collects the charge allowed to pass through the gating plane on a set of conductors perpendicular to the open-gated region. By scanning the open-gated region across the chamber and reading out the charge collected on the cathode conductors after a suitable integration time for each location of the gate, a two-dimensional image of the intensity of the ionizing radiation incident on the detector can be made.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
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