EP0329432A3 - Electron emitter - Google Patents

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EP0329432A3
EP0329432A3 EP19890301475 EP89301475A EP0329432A3 EP 0329432 A3 EP0329432 A3 EP 0329432A3 EP 19890301475 EP19890301475 EP 19890301475 EP 89301475 A EP89301475 A EP 89301475A EP 0329432 A3 EP0329432 A3 EP 0329432A3
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electron emitter
emitter
electron
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EP0329432A2 (en
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Ken Eguchi
Haruki Kawada
Kunihiro Sakai
Hiroshi Matsuda
Kiyoshi Takimoto
Hisaaki Kawade
Yuko Morikawa
Yoshihiro Yanagisawa
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Canon Inc
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Canon Inc
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Priority claimed from JP63033934A external-priority patent/JPH01209643A/en
Priority claimed from JP3393688A external-priority patent/JP2715301B2/en
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Publication of EP0329432A3 publication Critical patent/EP0329432A3/en
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    • 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
    • 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
    • H01J1/30—Cold cathodes, e.g. field-emissive cathode
    • 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
EP19890301475 1988-02-18 1989-02-16 Electron emitter Expired - Lifetime EP0329432B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP63033934A JPH01209643A (en) 1988-02-18 1988-02-18 Driving method for electron beam generating device
JP33936/88 1988-02-18
JP3393688A JP2715301B2 (en) 1988-02-18 1988-02-18 Photoelectron beam conversion element
JP33934/88 1988-02-18

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EP0329432A2 EP0329432A2 (en) 1989-08-23
EP0329432A3 true EP0329432A3 (en) 1990-09-05
EP0329432B1 EP0329432B1 (en) 1996-05-15

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0642147B1 (en) * 1993-09-02 1999-07-07 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Photoemitter, electron tube, and photodetector
DE69527261T2 (en) * 1994-12-21 2002-11-21 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu Photomultiplier with a photocathode made of semiconductor material

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3735186A (en) * 1971-03-10 1973-05-22 Philips Corp Field emission cathode
US3921031A (en) * 1973-01-30 1975-11-18 Commissariat A L En Atomique & Electroemissive component
US4005465A (en) * 1974-06-04 1977-01-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Tunnel emitter photocathode
EP0041119A1 (en) * 1980-06-02 1981-12-09 International Business Machines Corporation Cold electron emission device

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3735186A (en) * 1971-03-10 1973-05-22 Philips Corp Field emission cathode
US3921031A (en) * 1973-01-30 1975-11-18 Commissariat A L En Atomique & Electroemissive component
US4005465A (en) * 1974-06-04 1977-01-25 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Tunnel emitter photocathode
EP0041119A1 (en) * 1980-06-02 1981-12-09 International Business Machines Corporation Cold electron emission device

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EP0329432B1 (en) 1996-05-15
DE68926467D1 (en) 1996-06-20
EP0329432A2 (en) 1989-08-23
DE68926467T2 (en) 1996-09-19

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