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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:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis H. Ruddy, Monroeville, PA (US);
Abdoul Raheem Dulloo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John G. Seidel, Ingomar, PA (US);
Frederick W. Hantz, Latrobe, PA (US);
Louis R. Grobmyer, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Co., LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 ; G01T 3/00 ; G21C 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 ; G01T 3/00 ; G21C 1/700 ;
Abstract
A solid state semiconductor neutron detector that automatically varies its sensitivity to provide a pulsed output over the entire range of operation of a nuclear reactor. The sensitivity is varied by changing the thickness or makeup of a converter layer that emits charged particles to the active region of the semiconductor surface.