Patents Assigned to Amplification Technologies, Inc.
  • Low-level signal detection by semiconductor avalanche amplification
    Patent number: 8441032
    Abstract: A system and method providing for the detection of an input signal, either optical or electrical, by using a single independent discrete amplifier or by distributing the input signal into independent signal components that are independently amplified. The input signal can either be the result of photoabsorption process in the wavelengths greater than 950 nm or a low-level electrical signal. The discrete amplifier is an avalanche amplifier operable in a non-gated mode while biased in or above the breakdown region, and includes a composite dielectric feedback layer monolithically integrated with input signal detection and amplification semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Amplification Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Krishna Linga
  • High sensitivity, high resolution detection of signals
    Patent number: 7085502
    Abstract: A system and method providing for the detection of an input signal by distributing the input signal into independent signal components that are independently amplified. Detection of an input signal comprises generating from the input signal a plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components, each having a respective known number of elementary charges, the number of the plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components being a known monotonic function of the magnitude of said input signal; and independently amplifying each of the plurality of spatially divided elementary charge components to provide a respective plurality of signal charge packets, each signal charge packet having a second number of elementary charges greater than the respective known number by a respective amplification factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Amplification Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry A. Shushakov, Vitaly E. Shubin
  • High sensitivity, high resolution detection of signals
    Patent number: 6885827
    Abstract: A system and method providing for the detection of an input signal by distributing the input signal into independent signal components that are independently amplified. Detection of an input signal comprises generating from the input signal a plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components, each having a respective known number of elementary charges, the number of the plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components being a known monotonic function of the magnitude of said input signal; and independently amplifying each of the plurality of spatially divided elementary charge components to provide a respective plurality of signal charge packets, each signal charge packet having a second number of elementary charges greater than the respective known number by a respective amplification factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Amplification Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Dmitry A. Shushakov, Vitaly E. Shubin