Patents by Inventor Robert Lakanen

Robert Lakanen 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).

  • Automatic gain control in photodetectors
    Patent number: 7495205
    Abstract: The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with the precision with which the PMT gain may be established (by selection of a reference level) below that limited level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hinds Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lakanen, Baoliang Wang
  • Automatic Gain Control in Photodetectors
    Publication number: 20080290257
    Abstract: The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with the precision with which the PMT gain may be established (by selection of a reference level) below that limited level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: HINDS INSTRUMENTS, INC
    Inventors: Robert Lakanen, Baoliang Wang