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Title: Array of virtual Frisch-grid detectors with common cathode and reduced length of shielding electrodes

Abstract

A radiation detector system that effectively solves the electron trapping problem by optimizing shielding of individual virtual Frisch-grid detectors in an array configuration with a common cathode.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1214593
Patent Number(s):
9,134,439
Application Number:
14/066,355
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 29
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Bolotnikov, Aleksey, James, Ralph B., De Geronimo, Gianluigi, and Vernon, Emerson. Array of virtual Frisch-grid detectors with common cathode and reduced length of shielding electrodes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Bolotnikov, Aleksey, James, Ralph B., De Geronimo, Gianluigi, & Vernon, Emerson. Array of virtual Frisch-grid detectors with common cathode and reduced length of shielding electrodes. United States.
Bolotnikov, Aleksey, James, Ralph B., De Geronimo, Gianluigi, and Vernon, Emerson. 2015. "Array of virtual Frisch-grid detectors with common cathode and reduced length of shielding electrodes". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214593.
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