Patents by Inventor Gerard Harkin

Gerard Harkin 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).

  • SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20030146389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor and a method of operating a sensor with includes a plurality of sensor elements (10), each of which includes a radiation-sensitive conversion element (1) which generates an electric signal in dependence on the incident radiation, and also with means (21 to 26) for amplifying the electric signal in each sensor element (10) and a read-out switching element (30) in each sensor element (10) which is connected to a read-out line (8) in order to read-out the electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Falko Busse, Michael Overdick, Walter Rutten, Gerard Harkin