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Particle localization detector

US3975639A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 17, 1974
Grant dateAug 17, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 17, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J47/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A proportional detector for the localization of particles comprises a leak-tight chamber filled with fluid and fitted with an electrode of a fisrt type consisting of one or more conducting wires and with an electrode of a second type consisting of one or more conducting plates having the shape of a portion of cylindrical surface and a contour which provides a one-to-one correspondence between the position of a point of the wires and the solid angle which subtends the plate at that point, means being provided for collecting the electrical signal which appears on the plates.

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