ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,392, issued on June 17, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).
"Generation of a high voltage to supply a photomultiplier" was invented by Ralf Koernle (Zell A. H., Germany) and Fabian Rank (Gutach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply for a photomultiplier is provided, the power supply including: a charge pump configured to generate a first high voltage for the photomultiplier; a DC/DC converter configured to generate a second high voltage for the charge pump; a first control loop configured to control the charge pump and/or the DC/DC converter, the first control loop being controlled by the first hig...