Patents by Inventor Xiao Xiao Cai

Xiao Xiao Cai 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).

  • Method and apparatus for neutron detection
    Patent number: 9857484
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a neutron spectrometry system, comprising a plurality of semiconductor detector portions arranged in close proximity, wherein the detector portions are arranged in at least two non-parallel axes, wherein each detector portion is arranged to output a detection signal indicative of energy deposited in the detector portion by ionising particles induced in the device by incident neutrons, and a control unit arranged to receive the plurality of detection signals, and to allocate detection signals to one or more of a plurality of channels based on a number of substantially coincident detection signals for determining a spectrum of incident neutrons based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
    Inventors: Simon Philip Platt, Xiao Xiao Cai
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUTRON DETECTION
    Publication number: 20140158893
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a neutron spectrometry system, comprising a plurality of semiconductor detector portions arranged in close proximity, wherein the detector portions are arranged in at least two non-parallel axes, wherein each detector portion is arranged to output a detection signal indicative of energy deposited in the detector portion by ionising particles induced in the device by incident neutrons, and a control unit arranged to receive the plurality of detection signals, and to allocate detection signals to one or more of a plurality of channels based on a number of substantially coincident detection signals for determining a spectrum of incident neutrons based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
    Inventors: Simon Philip Platt, Xiao Xiao Cai