[May 13, 2013] Spansion Assigned Patent Tweet (Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Spansion, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,436,289) developed by seven co-inventors for a "system and method for detecting particles with a semiconductor device." The co-inventors are Timothy Z. Hossain, Austin, Texas, Patrick Mark Clopton, Austin, Texas, Christopher Michael, Foster, Austin, Texas, Christopher F. Lyons, Fremont, Calif., Clayton Fullwood, Austin, Texas, Greg Alan Goodwin, Austin, Texas, and Dan E. Posey, Granite Shoals, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Systems and methods are described herein for detecting particles emitted by nuclear material. The systems comprise one or more semiconductor devices for detecting particles emitted from nuclear material. The semiconductor devices can comprise a charge storage element comprising several layers. A non-conductive charge storage layer enveloped on top and bottom by dielectric layers is mounted on a substrate. At least one top semiconductor layer can be placed on top of the top dielectric layer. A reactive material that reacts to particles, such as neutrons emitted from nuclear material, can be incorporated into the top semiconductor layer. When the reactive material reacts to a particle emitted from nuclear material, ions are generated that can alter the charge storage layer and enable detection of the particle." The patent application was filed on July 28, 2010 (12/844,888). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,436,289&OS=8,436,289&RS=8,436,289 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. AS0513AK0513-876511 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]