Patents
US 11215572 B2: System and method for x-ray absorption spectroscopy using a crystal analyzer and a plurality of detector elements
- Granted
- 2022-01-04
- Filed
- 2021-05-14 application 17320852
- Type
- Utility · 31 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a crystal analyzer positioned relative to an x-ray source on a Rowland circle. The crystal analyzer includes crystal planes curved along at least one direction and configured to receive x-rays from the x-ray source and to disperse the received x-rays according to Bragg's law. The apparatus further includes a spatially resolving detector that includes a plurality of x-ray detection elements having a tunable first x-ray energy and/or a tunable second x-ray energy. The plurality of x-ray detection elements are configured to measure received dispersed x-rays having x-ray energies below the first x-ray energy while suppressing measurements above the first x-ray energy and/or to measure the received dispersed x-rays having x-ray energies above the second x-ray energy while suppressing measurements below the second x-ray energy.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg220104.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigray, Inc. 52 patents | US company or organization | Concord, CA | SIGRAY, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenbing Yun | Walnut Creek, CA | 71 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Srivatsan Seshadri | Pleasanton, CA | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ruimin Qiao | Berkeley, CA | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Janos Kirz | Berkeley, CA | 51 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis | San Francisco, CA | 44 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N23/223 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G21K | Handling of particles or ionising radiation not otherwise provided for; irradiation devices; gamma ray or x-ray microscopes | G21K1/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KIRZ, JANOS signed 2021-09-30 LEWIS, SYLVIA JIA YUN signed 2021-10-07 YUN, WENBING signed 2021-10-07 SESHADRI, SRIVATSAN signed 2021-10-25 QIAO, RUIMIN signed 2021-10-26 | SIGRAY, INC. CONCORD, CA | 58078/496 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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