Patents by Inventor Brian G. Turrell

Brian G. Turrell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Array for a nuclear radiation and particle detector
    Patent number: 5028786
    Abstract: A cryogenic detector comprises an array formed from a plurality of spherical grains made of type I superconducting material arranged in a preselected pattern and each having a preselected size (generally less than about 100 microns in diameter). Also disclosed is a method of making such an array by depositing a film of selected thickness of type I superconducting material on a substrate, etching the film to provide an array formed by a plurality of discrete pixels, melting the pixels under conditions whereby the pixels are transformed into substantially spherical shape, and cooling to freeze the molten pixels into substantially spherical grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Angela J. Da Silva, Mark A. Le Gros, Brian G. Turrell, Andrzej Kotlicki, Andrzej K. Drukier