ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,008, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Leybold GmbH (Cologne, Germany).
"Particle detector for detecting charged particles" was invented by Michel Aliman (Oberkochen, Germany) and Alexander Laue (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a particle detector, comprising: a measuring electrode for measuring charged particles, a detection device for detecting the charged particles measured by the measuring electrode, and an evaluation device for determining the number of charged particles detected by the detection device. The detection device has a charge amplifier for converting a charge signal generated b...