Patents by Inventor Gilbert G. Fritz

Gilbert G. Fritz 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).

  • Photon detector
    Patent number: 6710343
    Abstract: A fast photon detector with high energy and position resolution, which may be used in the infrared, ultraviolet, EUV, and X-ray ranges includes an absorber, a thermoelectric sensor, a heat sink, all disposed on a dielectric substrate. An absorber receives a photon and transforms the energy of the photon into a change in temperature within the absorber. A thermoelectric sensor is thermally coupled to the absorber. When the absorber receives the photon, the energy of the photon is very quickly transformed into a time dependent temperature difference across the sensor. A heat sink is thermally coupled to the sensor, to maintain the heat flow across the sensor. The absorber, sensor, and heat sink are disposed upon a dielectric substrate, such that the heat transfer from the sensor to the dielectric substrate is much slower than the signal duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kent S. Wood, Gilbert G. Fritz, Armen M. Gulian, Deborah Van Vechten
  • Photon detector
    Publication number: 20010042831
    Abstract: A fast photon detector with high energy and position resolution, which may be used in the infrared, ultraviolet, EUV, and X-ray ranges includes an absorber, a thermoelectric sensor, a heat sink, all disposed on a dielectric substrate. An absorber receives a photon and transforms the energy of the photon into a change in temperature within the absorber. A thermoelectric sensor is thermally coupled to the absorber. When the absorber receives the photon, the energy of the photon is very quickly transformed into a time dependent temperature difference across the sensor. A heat sink is thermally coupled to the sensor, to maintain the heat flow across the sensor. The absorber, sensor, and heat sink are disposed upon a dielectric substrate, such that the heat transfer from the sensor to the dielectric substrate is much slower than the signal duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Kent S. Wood, Gilbert G. Fritz, Armen M. Gulian, Deborah Van Vechten