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US3039016A
US3039016A US745418A US74541858A US3039016A US 3039016 A US3039016 A US 3039016A US 745418 A US745418 A US 745418A US 74541858 A US74541858 A US 74541858A US 3039016 A US3039016 A US 3039016A
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Thomson Ernest Exley
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Holton Peter
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J43/00—Secondary-emission tubes; Electron-multiplier tubes
    • H01J43/04—Electron multipliers
    • H01J43/06—Electrode arrangements
    • H01J43/10—Dynodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J19/00—Details of vacuum tubes of the types covered by group H01J21/00
    • H01J19/28—Non-electron-emitting electrodes; Screens
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/02—Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof
    • H01J29/023—Electrodes; Screens; Mounting, supporting, spacing or insulating thereof secondary-electron emitting electrode arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2893/00—Discharge tubes and lamps
    • H01J2893/0001—Electrodes and electrode systems suitable for discharge tubes or lamps
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  • Electrodes of the kind comprising a plurality of inclined slats are frequently employed as dynodes in photomultiplier tubes and are arranged in alignment with one another such that electrons from the photocathcde of such a tube bombard the slats of the first electrode and give rise to secondary electrons which are accelerated by the field due to a grid attached to the facing side of the slats of the next electrode towards the latter elec trode and give rise to further secondary electrons, the process being repeated with several electrodes.
  • the electrodes which are more remote from the photocathode are liable to emit light in'addition to producing secondary ⁇ electrons and if such light is transmitted back to the iphotocathode instability of the tube frequently results.
  • the slats of each elect-rode are so arranged ,that adjacent edges of adjacent ones thereof terminate iin substantially common planes substantially perpenjdicular to the electrode, so that substantially no gaps exist jin the plane of the electrode between said slats and the emitted light is therefore substantially prevented from being transmitted to the photocathode.
  • An electrode haviing a plurality of slats fulfilling such a condition is not iusually made from a flat sheet of metal since when porzftions of the metal sheet forming said slats are bent so ias to be inclined to the direction of electron flow, in order to make adjacent edges of adjacent slats terminate in common planes substantially perpendicular to the :electrode the metal has to be extended, and sufiicient extension is difiicult to effect.
  • the slats of each electrode are usually separately constructed and are in dividually welded, with the required inclined disposition, to a metal frame.
  • Such a method of manufacturing an electrode is expensive due to the time and degree of precision required.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an im proved method of manufacturing an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats.
  • an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising piercing a metal sheet to provide incisions defining opposite edges and -,portions of transverse edges of a plurality of slats leavling side portions of said sheet connected to said slats, causing the side portion between the incisions defining said transverse edges thereof to be inclined to said sheet to cause said slats to be inclined and to reduce the effective length of said side portions so that the opposite edges of said inclined slats are brought closer together
  • an electrode comprising a plurality of slats integral with side portions at positions adjoining the ends of said slats in which said side portions joining said slats and said slats are inclined to said electrode and the ef fective length of said side portions is less than the physical length thereof.
  • an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising forming said slats from a sheet leaving said slats connected to side portions of said sheet and deforming said side portions so that the longitudinal edge of one inclined slat is closer to the adjacent longitudinal edge of another inclined slat than would be the case if said side portions were not deformed.
  • said side portions are deformed by being corrugated, the corrugations being such as to cause said slats and the parts of said side portions connected to said slats to lie in planes inclined to said electrode.
  • FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a sheet of metal severed so as to form therefrom a plurality of slats in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a side elevation of said sheet after deformation
  • FIGURE 3 is a plan view of an electrode formed by the method of the invention and mounted in a frame
  • FIGURE 4 is a section of FIGURE 3 through the line AA, and
  • FIGURE 5 shows a sectional view of a photo-multiplier tube incorporating a plurality of electrodes as shown in FIGURES 3 and 4.
  • an electrode is formed from a flat metal sheet 1 which is pierced along the lines shown in FIGURE 1 so as to form slats 2 leaving the ends of said slats 2 integral with side portions 3 of the sheet.
  • the sheet 1 is provided with a plurality of parallel incisions 4 each equal in length to the required length of a slat said incisions being separated from one another by a distance equal to the required width of a slat, and at each end of each parallel cut a further coterminus perpendicular incision 5 is provided having a length less than said width.
  • the three incisions forming each slat are made simultaneously by the same tool, or all of the incisions required for the slats of one electrode may be simultaneously made.
  • the slats 2 are interconnected by the side portions 3 and in order to reduce the space between said slats 2 the side portions 3 are deformed, preferably by corrugating said side portions 3 as shown in FIGURE 2 in a forming tool.
  • the extent of deformation for example the depth of the corrugations, will determine the space between the slats and at the same time when the corrugations are disposed as shown in FIGURE 2 will cause said slats 2 to be inclined, and it can conveniently be arranged that when said slats 2 are inclined adjacent edges of adjacent ones thereof terminate in common planes perpendicular to the plane of the electrode, so that substantially no gaps exist between said slats in the plane of the electrode.
  • Suitable metals for forming such an electrode are alloys of silver and magnesium, or of beryllium and copper, or stainless steel or nickel or its alloys.
  • FIGURES 3 and 4 show the electrode,, formed as described above, mounted in a frame 6 having a flange 7 so as to be suitable for location within the envelope of a photo-multiplier tube for example. Slots 8 and apertures 9 are provided in said flange the slots 8 for the passage of lead-in wires to the electrodes and the apertures 9 for said location.
  • the frame 6 is provided with a bent over portion 10 projecting inwardly from each of opposite sides thereof and the portions 10 can conveniently be employed for locating the slats 2 in position by engaging the corrugated side portions 3.
  • the slats 2 can be held in position by means of strip members 11 shown in FIG- URE 4 which engage the corrugated side portions 3 on the opposite side thereof to said bent over portions 10, said members 11 being welded to the frame 6.
  • FIGURE 5 there is shown a photomultiplier tube having an envelope 12 housing a photo cathode 13, a collector electrode 14 and a plurality of electrodes such as are shown in FIGURES 3 and 4.
  • ten electrodes 15 are provided these serving as dynodes in operation of the tube.
  • each electrode 15 is provided with a grid 16 attached to the side of the slats thereof nearer the photocathode 13.
  • the ten electrodes 15 are mounted in frames 6 having flanges 7 as shown in FIGURES 3 and 4 and are arranged one above the other and in alignment with one another so that the apertures 9 and slots 8 in the ten flanges 7 are also in alignment.
  • the electrodes are mounted in position by means of three insulating rods 17 passing through the aligned apertures 9, only one of said rods being shown in FIGURE 5. As shown the slots of adjacent electrodes 15 are arranged to be inclined in opposite senses in well known manner.
  • the photo cathode 13 which comprises photo emissive material deposited on the end wall of the envelope 12 is coupled to a tubular screen 18 having an annular flange at its end remote from said photocathode 13, said screen 18 serving to render the field between photocathode 13 and the first electrode 15 more uniform than would be the case in the absence of said screen 13.
  • substantially planar electrodes employed as dynodes in photomultiplier tubes it may be applied to other electrodes of the kind comprising a number of inclined slats.
  • it may be applied to a cylindrical shaped electrode, or an electrode of other curved form.
  • a method of manufacturing an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising piercing a metal sheet to provide incisions defining opposite edges and portions of transverse edges of a plurality of slats leaving side portions of said sheet connected to said slats, causing the side portion between the incisions defining said transverse edges thereof to be inclined to said sheet to cause said slats to be inclined and to reduce the eifective length of said side portions so that the opposite edges of said inclined slats are brought closer together.
  • a method of manufacturing an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising piercing a metal sheet to provide incisions defining opposite edges and portions of transverse edges of a plurality of slats, leaving side portions of said sheet connected to said slats and corrugating said side portions to cause the side portion between the incisions defining said transverse edges thereof to be inclined to said sheet to cause said slats to be inclined and to reduce the effective length of said side portions so that the opposite edges of said inclined slats are brought closer together.
  • a method of manufacturing an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising piercing. a metal sheet to provide incisions defining opposite edges and portions of transverse edges of a plurality of slats leaving side portions of said sheet connected to said slats, causing the side portion between the incisions defining said transverse edges thereof to be inclined to said sheet to cause said slats to be inclined and to reduce the effective length of the side portions, so that adjacent ones of said opposite edges of adjacent inclined slats terminate in substantially common planes substantially perpendicular to the electrode.
  • a method of manufacturing an electrode having a plurality of inclined slats comprising piercing a metal sheet to provide a plurality of parallel incisions in said sheet each equal in length to the required distance between the transverse edges of a slat and separated from one another by a distance equal to the required distance between opposite edges of a slat and a further co-terminous perpendicular incision in said sheet having a length less than said distance between said opposite edges at each end of each of said parallel incisions to form a plurality of slats leaving side portions of said sheet connected to said slats, causing the side portion between the incisions defining said transverse edges thereof to be inclined to said sheet to cause said slats to be inclined and to reduce the effective length of said side portions so that the edges of said inclined slats are brought closer together.
  • An electrode comprising a plurality of slats integral with side portions at positions adjoining the ends of said slats in which slats said side portions joining said slats and said slats are inclined to said electrode and the effective length of said side portions is less than the physical length thereof.
  • An electrode comprising a plurality of slats integral ⁇ with side portions at positions adjoining the ends of said slats in which said side portions are corrugated and the corrugations are disposed so that each of said side por-f tions joining said slats and said slats are inclined to said electrode and the eifective length of said side portions less than the physical length thereof.
  • An electrode comprising a plurality of slats integral with side portions at positions adjoining the ends of said slats in which each of said side portions joining said slats and said slats are inclined to said electrode and the effective length of said side portions is less than the physical length thereof so that adjacent opposite edges of adjacent slats terminate in substantially common planes substantially perpendicular to said electrode.

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