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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas S Steele, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250385 ; 250374 ;
Abstract
In an invention detector having an array of detectors, grounding pads are positioned in the spaces between some detectors (data detectors) and other detectors (reference detectors). The grounding pads are kept at zero electric potential, i.e., grounded. The grounding serves to (1) drain away electrons and thereby prevent an unwanted accumulation of charge in the spaces, and (2) cause the electric field lines to be more perpendicular to the detectors in regions near the grounding pads.