US Patent Issued to Trustees of Boston University on Oct. 7 for "Extended energy range particle detectors and uses thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,509, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Trustees of Boston University (Boston).

"Extended energy range particle detectors and uses thereof" was invented by Ashley Antony Gomez (Boston), Ronald Knepper (Andover, Mass.) and Brian Walsh (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy detection system and method for measuring an external energy source. A detector is configured to detect an electric charge from the external energy source and produce a current. A charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) is configured to receive the current from the detector and produce a voltage signal. The CSA includes a first switch controlling a circuit p...