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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2011
Garth J. Simpson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David Joseph Kissick, Lafayette, IN (US);
Ryan Muir, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Garth J. Simpson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
David Joseph Kissick, Lafayette, IN (US);
Ryan Muir, West Lafayette, IN (US);
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for photon, ion or particle counting described that provides seven orders of magnitude of linear dynamic range (LDR) for a single detector. By explicitly considering the log-normal probability distribution in voltage transients as a function of the number of photons, ions or particles present, the binomial distribution of observed counts for a given threshold, the mean number of photons, ions or particles can be determined well beyond the conventional limit.