Charged particle generator
    25.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB0922352D0

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-03

    申请号:GB0922352

    申请日:2009-12-21

    Abstract: The present invention relates to a charged particle beam generator comprising multiple charged particle beam generator units. In particular, the present invention is concerned with apparatus for generating a high-energy, high-current proton beam such as are used in accelerator driven subcritical reactors. The present invention provides a method of generating a composite proton beam using a proton beam generator comprising multiple proton beam generator units. A negative hydrogen ion source is used to generate a beam of negative hydrogen ions in each unit. The negative hydrogen ions are stripped to create a proton beam in each unit, that is accelerated beam and guided to a common point where the beams are merged to form the composite proton beam.

    OPTICAL SENSOR
    27.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:CA2708859A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-25

    申请号:CA2708859

    申请日:2008-12-12

    Abstract: An optical sensor (10) comprises an optical cavity defined by a dielectric body and responsive to one or more physical environmental conditions, and a waveguide (70) having a terminal end spaced apart from the optical cavity such that light is optically coupled from the terminal end of the waveguide (70) to the optical cavity. The waveguide (70) is arranged such that, in use, it is maintained at a first temperature that would not damage the optical coupling to the optical cavity when the dielectric body is maintained at a second temperature sufficient to damage the optical coupling to the optical cavity.

    Hybrid pixel sensor array
    30.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:GB2520722A

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-03

    申请号:GB201321050

    申请日:2013-11-29

    Abstract: A pixel 31 of a hybrid pixel sensor array, wherein each pixel 31 of the array comprises: a sensor for generating an imaging signal; a Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) array 35, coupled to the sensor so as to receive samples from the imaging signal and configured for storage of a plurality of samples; and active CMOS circuitry, coupled to the CCD array for generating a pixel output signal from the stored samples, wherein the sensors of the pixels 31 are part of a sensor portion of the hybrid pixel sensor array that is separate from both the CCD array 35 and active CMOS circuitry of the pixels 31. The sensor portion may be a sensor tile on which the sensors of the pixel 31 are arranged in a two-dimensional array, the sensor tile being separated from the CCD array and active CMOS circuitry of the pixels in a third dimension, different from the two dimensions of the array.

Patent Agency Ranking