ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,439, issued on July 28, was assigned to REDLEN TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Saanichton, Canada).

"Direct attach radiation detector structures including pixelated sensors and read-out circuitry having varying pitch" was invented by Glenn Bindley (Victoria, Canada), Krzysztof Iniewski (Port Moody, Canada) and Michael Ayukawa (Victoria, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Direct attach radiation detector structures include an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) including an array of unit cells including signal processing channel circuitry and at least one radiation sensor including an array of pixel detectors located over a front sur...