Radiation detector
US9651684B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T3/06
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A radiation detector can include both an upper-level and a low-level discriminator. Pulses with amplitudes below a lower pre-selected value will be discarded as noise by the low-level discriminator. Only pulses with amplitudes at or above the lower pre-selected amplitude but at or below a second higher pre-selected value will be subjected to PSD to distinguish between pulses corresponding to neutrons and pulses corresponding to gamma rays. Pulses with amplitudes above the second higher pre-selected value of the upper-level discriminator will be counted as neutron or ionic particle pulses without subjecting these pulses to any PSD.
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