ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,552, issued on July 28.
"Diode radiation sensor" was invented by Alberto Gola (Trento, Italy), Fabio Acerbi (Trento, Italy), Giacomo Borghi (Trento, Italy), Gianluigi Casse (Trento, Italy), Alberto Mazzi (Trento, Italy) and Giovanni Paternoster (Trento, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diode radiation sensor having charge multiplication diodes and comprising a substrate with a front and a rear surface; a first layer of a semiconductor material doped with a first type of doping and arranged on the front surface of the substrate; a second layer of a semiconductor material doped with a second type of doping of electrically opposit...