Patents Assigned to Institut Max Von Lau-Paul Langevin
  • Ionizing radiation detector
    Patent number: 8481957
    Abstract: An ionizing radiation detector has conductive tubes arranged in parallel and containing a pressurized gas mixture, a conductive wire being pulled tight at the center of each tube and capable of being biased with respect thereto. Each tube is divided into isolated longitudinal sections. All the tube sections of a same transverse slice are electrically connected. Each group of sections of a same slice includes means for being connected to an elementary detector, wherein each slice is formed of a grid of blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Institut Max Von Lau-Paul Langevin
    Inventors: Bruno Guerard, Jean-Claude Buffet