DE69209260T2 - Photokathode für einen Bildverstärker - Google Patents

Photokathode für einen Bildverstärker

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DE69209260T2
DE69209260T2 DE69209260T DE69209260T DE69209260T2 DE 69209260 T2 DE69209260 T2 DE 69209260T2 DE 69209260 T DE69209260 T DE 69209260T DE 69209260 T DE69209260 T DE 69209260T DE 69209260 T2 DE69209260 T2 DE 69209260T2
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photocathode
image intensifier
intensifier
image
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DE69209260D1 (de
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Hyo-Sup Kim
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Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co Inc
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Litton Systems Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J9/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture, installation, removal, maintenance of electric discharge tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof; Recovery of material from discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J9/02—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems
    • H01J9/12—Manufacture of electrodes or electrode systems of photo-emissive cathodes; of secondary-emission electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/34—Photo-emissive cathodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2201/00—Electrodes common to discharge tubes
    • H01J2201/34—Photoemissive electrodes
    • H01J2201/342—Cathodes
    • H01J2201/3421—Composition of the emitting surface
    • H01J2201/3423—Semiconductors, e.g. GaAs, NEA emitters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2231/00—Cathode ray tubes or electron beam tubes
    • H01J2231/50—Imaging and conversion tubes
    • H01J2231/50005—Imaging and conversion tubes characterised by form of illumination
    • H01J2231/5001—Photons
    • H01J2231/50015—Light
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S438/00—Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
    • Y10S438/936—Graded energy gap

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Image-Pickup Tubes, Image-Amplification Tubes, And Storage Tubes (AREA)
  • Common Detailed Techniques For Electron Tubes Or Discharge Tubes (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
DE69209260T 1991-12-20 1992-12-10 Photokathode für einen Bildverstärker Expired - Fee Related DE69209260T2 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US07/811,781 US5268570A (en) 1991-12-20 1991-12-20 Transmission mode InGaAs photocathode for night vision system

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DE69209260D1 DE69209260D1 (de) 1996-04-25
DE69209260T2 true DE69209260T2 (de) 1996-10-02

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DE69209260T Expired - Fee Related DE69209260T2 (de) 1991-12-20 1992-12-10 Photokathode für einen Bildverstärker

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US (2) US5268570A (de)
EP (1) EP0549201B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2737041B2 (de)
KR (1) KR930013772A (de)
AU (1) AU647679B2 (de)
DE (1) DE69209260T2 (de)
EG (1) EG21467A (de)
IL (1) IL103563A (de)
NO (1) NO924826L (de)
NZ (1) NZ245008A (de)
TR (1) TR28554A (de)

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DE69209260D1 (de) 1996-04-25
AU2826292A (en) 1993-06-24
NO924826D0 (no) 1992-12-14
US5268570A (en) 1993-12-07
NO924826L (no) 1993-06-21
TR28554A (tr) 1996-10-02
NZ245008A (en) 1994-12-22
IL103563A (en) 1996-01-31
JPH05266857A (ja) 1993-10-15
EP0549201A1 (de) 1993-06-30
EP0549201B1 (de) 1996-03-20
KR930013772A (ko) 1993-07-22
EG21467A (en) 2001-11-28
AU647679B2 (en) 1994-03-24
US5378640A (en) 1995-01-03
JP2737041B2 (ja) 1998-04-08

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