Patents by Inventor Friedrich Friedl

Friedrich Friedl 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).

  • Patent number: 9960203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radiation sensor. In one implementation, the sensor may include a radiation detector array having a plurality of pixels; at least two readout connectors having a plurality of contacts, each readout connector being configured for receiving a readout module; a routing circuit having conductors configured for routing electrical signals from each of the plurality of pixels to a corresponding contact of one of the readout connectors. The plurality of pixels is grouped in two or more groups of pixels, at least two pixels of a first group of pixels being separated by at least one pixel from another group of pixels. The routing circuit is configured for leading pixels of the first group of pixels to a first readout connector, and pixels from the other group of pixels to a second readout connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Ion Beam Applications S.A.
    Inventors: David Menichelli, Michele Togno, Friedrich Friedl
  • Publication number: 20170373115
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a radiation sensor. In one implementation, the sensor may include a radiation detector array having a plurality of pixels; at least two readout connectors having a plurality of contacts, each readout connector being configured for receiving a readout module; a routing circuit having conductors configured for routing electrical signals from each of the plurality of pixels to a corresponding contact of one of the readout connectors. The plurality of pixels is grouped in two or more groups of pixels, at least two pixels of a first group of pixels being separated by at least one pixel from another group of pixels. The routing circuit is configured for leading pixels of the first group of pixels to a first readout connector, and pixels from the other group of pixels to a second readout connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: David Menichelli, Michele Togno, Friedrich Friedl
  • Publication number: 20170003403
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dosimetry device (10) for determining a spatial distribution of a quantity of radiation incident on the dosimetry device. The device comprises a segmented electrode assembly (12) comprising an electrically non-conducting substrate (13) having a plurality of electrode elements (14) provided thereon, surrounded by ground electrodes. The device further comprises an electrically conducting sheet (16) comprising a protrusion (17) arranged such as to define a plurality of ionization chamber cavities (18) between the segmented electrode assembly (12) and the electrically conducting sheet (16). The device also comprises a voltage applying means (28) for applying a voltage difference between the electrically conducting sheet (16) and the plurality of electrode elements (14) and a routing means (25) for routing a plurality of ionization currents corresponding to the plurality of electrode elements (14) to a processing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: ION BEAM APPLICATIONS S.A.
    Inventors: David MENICHELLI, Friedrich FRIEDL
  • Patent number: 8779375
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for dosimetry monitoring of a hadron beam, comprising successive ionization chambers obtained by a series of parallel detector plates separated from each other by a gas filled gap, each detector plate having a collecting part comprising a collecting side insulated from a bias voltage part comprising a bias voltage side and arranged in such a way that the collecting side is facing the bias voltage side of a subsequent detector plate, the resulting assembly of these detector plates forming a plurality of ionization chamber cells, the thicknesses and the choice of the materials of each layer constituting each detector plate as well as the gap of an ionization chamber cell have been selected in order to satisfy the condition that the water equivalent thickness of cell is equal to the length of said cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Ion Beam Applications S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Marchand, Caterina Brusasco, Sébastien De Neuter, Friedrich Friedl
  • Publication number: 20120104270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for dosimetry monitoring of a hadron beam, comprising n successive ionization chambers i obtained by a serie or stack of n+1 parallel detector plates separated from each other by a gas filled gap, each detector plates having a collecting part comprising a collecting side insulated from a bias voltage part comprising a bias voltage side and ranged in a such way that the said collecting side is facing the said bias voltage side of a subsequent detector plate or inversely, each detector plate comprising m layers Lk of materials, the resulting assembly of these detector plates forming a plurality of ionization chamber cells, characterised in that: the thicknesses Ik and the choice of the materials of each layer Lk constituting each detector plate as well as the gap of an ionization chamber cell i have been selected in order to satisfy the equation (I) for each ionization chamber i, where lgi is the gas filled gap distance between two detector plates; Ik is the thickness o
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Bruno Marchand, Caterina Brusasco, Sébastien De Neuter, Friedrich Friedl
  • Patent number: 7476867
    Abstract: A radiation monitor and method of monitoring the radiation delivered to a target by a radiation device is described. The radiation monitor contains a set or matrix of pixel ion chambers. The pixel ion chambers are preferably constructed of a top electrode and a segmented electrode connected to the top electrode through a mid layer. The plurality of pixel ion chambers is formed within the mid layer extending from the top electrode to the segmented electrode. The mid layer is laminated to the top electrode and segmented electrode by an array of adhesive dots, wherein the adhesive dots are dimensioned and positioned on the mid layer to provide ventilation slits or channels for the ion chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: IBA
    Inventors: Ernst Fritsch, Friedrich Friedl, Igor Gomola, Cristiana Peroni, Marchetto Flavio, Marco Donetti, Roberto Cirio
  • Publication number: 20060266951
    Abstract: A radiation monitor and method of monitoring the radiation delivered to a target by a radiation device is described. The radiation monitor contains a set or matrix of pixel ion chambers. The pixel ion chambers are preferably constructed of a top electrode and a segmented electrode connected to the top electrode through a mid layer. The plurality of pixel ion chambers is formed within the mid layer extending from the top electrode to the segmented electrode. The mid layer is laminated to the top electrode and segmented electrode by an array of adhesive dots, wherein the adhesive dots are dimensioned and positioned on the mid layer to provide ventilation slits or channels for the ion chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Ernst Fritsch, Friedrich Friedl, Igor Gomola, Cristiana Peroni, Flavio Marchetto, Marco Donetti, Roberto Cirio