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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Zilu Zhou, Needham, MA (US);
Markus Berheide, Medford, MA (US);
Felix Chen, Newtown, CT (US);
Bradley A. Roscoe, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Joyce Wong, Pasadena, CA (US);
Martin G. Luling, Paris, FR;
Olivier Philip, Ewing, NJ (US);
Zilu Zhou, Needham, MA (US);
Markus Berheide, Medford, MA (US);
Felix Chen, Newtown, CT (US);
Bradley A. Roscoe, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Joyce Wong, Pasadena, CA (US);
Martin G. Luling, Paris, FR;
Olivier Philip, Ewing, NJ (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices relating to a radiation detector comprising of a gas chamber having a cathode plate and a substrate separated by a gap. An array of nano-tips deposited on the substrate that forms an anode structure for electron charge collection. An external power source in communication with the cathode plate and the substrate, wherein the external power source is capable of generating a plurality of regions and each region includes an electric field near each nano-tip of the array of the nano-tips that results in initiating a radiation induced controlled discharge of electrons and ions from at least one gas or at least one gas mixture. Finally, the plurality of regions include multiple generated electric fields near tips of the array of nano-tips such as CNTs, that communicatively create a conductive path between the cathode plate and the substrate, the radiation detector is capable of determining at least one radiation property.