ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,198, issued on July 14, was assigned to Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Neutron radiation detector" was invented by Michael D. Heibel (Broomfield, Colo.) and Jeffrey L. Arndt (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A neutron flux detector comprising a source material and a solid state radiation detector is disclosed. The source material is configured to produce gamma photons greater than or equal to 6.8 MeV during neutron capture. The solid state radiation detector comprises a Schottky diode and an emitter layer comprising a Compton and photoelectron source material. The emitter layer is configured to rec...