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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Mark S. Rowland, Alamo, CA (US);
Raymond A. Alvarez, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark S. Rowland, Alamo, CA (US);
Raymond A. Alvarez, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/00 (2006.01); G06M 11/00 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A neutron multi-detector array feeds pulses in parallel to individual inputs that are tied to individual bits in a digital word. Data is collected by loading a word at the individual bit level in parallel. The word is read at regular intervals, all bits simultaneously, to minimize latency. The electronics then pass the word to a number of storage locations for subsequent processing, thereby removing the front-end problem of pulse pileup.