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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2012
Applicants:

Rebecca J. Nikolic, Oakland, CA (US);

Adam M. Conway, Livermore, CA (US);

Robert T. Graff, Modesto, CA (US);

Joshua D. Kuntz, Livermore, CA (US);

Catherine Reinhardt, Livermore, CA (US);

Lars F. Voss, Livermore, CA (US);

Chin LI Cheung, Lincoln, NE (US);

Daniel Heineck, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rebecca J. Nikolic, Oakland, CA (US);

Adam M. Conway, Livermore, CA (US);

Robert T. Graff, Modesto, CA (US);

Joshua D. Kuntz, Livermore, CA (US);

Catherine Reinhardt, Livermore, CA (US);

Lars F. Voss, Livermore, CA (US);

Chin Li Cheung, Lincoln, NE (US);

Daniel Heineck, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 3/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/08 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); G01T 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/085 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); G01T 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Three-dimensional boron particle loaded thermal neutron detectors utilize neutron sensitive conversion materials in the form of nano-powders and micro-sized particles, as opposed to thin films, suspensions, paraffin, etc. More specifically, methods to infiltrate, intersperse and embed the neutron nano-powders to form two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional charge sensitive platforms are specified. The use of nano-powders enables conformal contact with the entire charge-collecting structure regardless of its shape or configuration.


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