ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,615, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hangzhou Dianzi University (Zhejiang, China).
"Semiconductor bridge coupled with one or more thermistors and the method of the same" was invented by Jianjun Luo (Campbell, Calif.) and Chunyang Feng (Zhejiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detonator for an explosive material is described. The detonator includes a semiconductor bridge, coupled with the explosive material, including thermal feedback mechanism is provided via one or more thermistors. An exemplary mechanism includes a semiconductor bridge with a polysilicon resistor and a pair of thermistors. The two thermistors are dispose...