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Title: Thermal kinetic inductance detector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1336924

A microcalorimeter for radiation detection that uses superconducting kinetic inductance resonators as the thermometers. The detector is frequency-multiplexed which enables detector systems with a large number of pixels.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Number(s):
9,523,777
Application Number:
14/250,083
OSTI ID:
1336924
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2014 Apr 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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