Patents by Inventor Gian Franco Dalla Betta

Gian Franco Dalla Betta 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).

  • Particle detector capable of separating in-time signals from out-of-time signals
    Patent number: 10811555
    Abstract: Silicon Particle Detector, comprising an absorption region (10) capable of generating electrical charges in response to a particle passing therethrough, a first and a second electrode (20, 30) arranged on opposite sides of the absorption region (10), wherein the first electrode (20) is segmented into a plurality of pads (20a), and a plurality of multiplication layers (40) able to avalanche-multiply the electric charges generated in the absorption region (10), each of the multiplication layers (40) being arranged beneath a respective pad (20a) and interposed between it and the absorption region (10), each multiplication layer (40) is surrounded by a respective protection ring (50) formed by the material of the pad (20a). The protection ring (50) is laterally interposed between the multiplication layer (40) and the absorption region (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
    Inventors: Nicolò Cartiglia, Gian Franco Dalla Betta, Lucio Pancheri, Maurizio Boscardin, Giovanni Paternoster
  • PARTICLE DETECTOR CAPABLE OF SEPARATING IN-TIME SIGNALS FROM OUT-OF-TIME SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20190198704
    Abstract: Silicon Particle Detector, comprising an absorption region (10) capable of generating electrical charges in response to a particle passing therethrough, a first and a second electrode (20, 30) arranged on opposite sides of the absorption region (10), wherein the first electrode (20) is segmented into a plurality of pads (20a), and a plurality of multiplication layers (40) able to avalanche-multiply the electric charges generated in the absorption region (10), each of the multiplication layers (40) being arranged beneath a respective pad (20a) and interposed between it and the absorption region (10), each multiplication layer (40) is surrounded by a respective protection ring (50) formed by the material of the pad (20a). The protection ring (50) is laterally interposed between the multiplication layer (40) and the absorption region (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Nicolò CARTIGLIA, Gian Franco DALLA BETTA, Lucio PANCHERI, Maurizio BOSCARDIN, Giovanni PATERNOSTER
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE CONCENTRATION OF GAS RADON
    Publication number: 20140151556
    Abstract: A device for measuring Radon gas concentrations comprises a measuring chamber (20) equipped with a detecting device (23), adapted to detect alpha particles from Radon gas; the device of the invention further comprises a collecting electrode (22) external to the measuring chamber (20), adapted to collect the electrically charged decay products of Radon coming from the measuring chamber (20). A control unit (30) times the passage between two operating stages (I, II) in which the detecting device (23) and the collecting electrode (22) are active at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: RSENS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Gian Franco Dalla Betta, Luigi Rovati, Giovanni Verzellesi, Luca Bidinelli, Matteo Bonaiuti, Davide Saguatti, Andrea Bosi