ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,737, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Neutron detection element" was invented by Shinichiro Kuroki (Higashihiroshima, Japan), Manabu Taniguchi (Higashihiroshima, Japan), Kenta Nishigaito (Higashihiroshima, Japan) and Tatsuya Meguro (Higashihiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neutron detection element 100 includes: a neutron detector configured to detect a neutron and convert the neutron into an electrical signal; and an amplifier configured to amplify an output of the neutron detector. The neutron detector includes: a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a detec...