US3474276A - Electron multiplier tube with interposed dynodes supported by discs and insulating rings - Google Patents

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US3474276A
US3474276A US697801A US3474276DA US3474276A US 3474276 A US3474276 A US 3474276A US 697801 A US697801 A US 697801A US 3474276D A US3474276D A US 3474276DA US 3474276 A US3474276 A US 3474276A
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    • H01J43/00—Secondary-emission tubes; Electron-multiplier tubes
    • H01J43/04—Electron multipliers
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  • the invention relates to an electron multiplier tube whose wall comprises a pile of insulating rings and electrically conductive, annular discs supporting dynodes, which form coaxial bodies of revolution, and at least one of which is an inner dynode located partly inside an outer dynode.
  • Electron multiplier tubes whose dynode structure forms a coaxial structure of revolution usually comprise a great number of inner dynodes alternating with outer dynodes, the dynodes being supported in common from insulating supports, while separate electrically conductive wires taken through the tube wall establish the connection with an external voltage source.
  • These electron multipliers have, however, electric connections of high capacitance and have only low resistance to mechanical shocks.
  • an electron multiplier tube in which the dynodes, which form a coaxial structure of revolution, are supported from electrically conductive, annular discs forming part of the tube wall.
  • the tube wall comprises a sealed pile of the discs and insulating rings.
  • the discs serve not only for supporting the dynodes but also for establishing electrical connections between the dynodes and a voltage source, while they form means for an effective heat exchange.
  • inner dynodes are connected by means of cylindrical lengths of tubes with the discs so that the number of dynodes and their geometry are restricted. The lengths of tubes form a detrimental screening for the flow of electrons.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an electron multiplier tube in which dynodes of revolutions are secured to electrically conductive, annular discs in the wall of the tube, in which the aforesaid disadvantages are mitigated.
  • an electron multiplier tube whose wall comprises a pile of insulating rings and electrically conductive, annular discs supporting dynodes forming coaxial bodies of revolution, at least one of which dynodes is an inner dynode located partly inside an outer dynode
  • said inner dynode is connected with the disc supporting the same by means of at least one rodshaped, electrically conductive support, which extends at least substantially transversely of the axis of revolution of the dynodes.
  • said inner dynode is firmly supported and the connection is satisfactorily resistant to mechanical shocks.
  • the outer electrode may be supported from an annular support bearing on the disc holding the outer electrode.
  • Such an annular support prefer- 3,474,276 Patented Oct. 21, 1969 ably has connecting tabs on the inner side and on the outer side.
  • the rod-shaped electrically conductive support may bear on an annular support on the disc holding the inner electrode.
  • the outer electrode is preferably provided with passages for the rod-shaped support.
  • FIGURE 1 is a sectional view of the upper part and the lower part of one embodiment of an electron multiplier tube according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows part of the input stage of the tube of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows an amplifying stage of the tube of FIG. 1.
  • the input stage comprises a photocathode 1 provided on the rear side of a front plate 2 of glass.
  • the front plate 2 is sealed to a metal ring 3, to which the further part 4 of the tube envelope is secured, and which serves for the electrical connection of the photocathode 1.
  • a first focusing electrode F is formed by a wire 5, which is secured to the center of the photocathode 1, and a tube 6.
  • a second focusing electrode F is formed by the application of aluminum from the vapor phase to the tube envelope.
  • the focusing electrode F is at the potential of the photocathodecathode 1 and the focusing electrode F is connected to a voltage source (not shown) via a throughconnection 7.
  • a first acceleration electrode A and a second acceleration electrode A are at the potential of the first dynode S
  • the shape of the photocathode 1, which is a body of revolution about the tube axis, is accurately indicated in the drawing.
  • the shape of the photocathode and the position of the focusing electrodes permit obtaining by means of a circle-section beam of radiation, a flow of photoelectrons of annular section, which is collected substantially completely by the first dynode.
  • the active surface of the photocathode is an annular surface having circles of diameters of mm. and 3 mm., respectively. In theory 99.9% of the photoelectrons are collected in this case.
  • FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the electric field in the input stage of the tube of FIG. 1 in the form of a number of equipotential lines (8 and 9 for example).
  • FIG. 2 shows more accurately the trajectories of the photoelectrons (for example, 10).
  • the part of the tube of FIG. 1, which is essential for this invention, is formed by the amplifying stages. As is shown in FIG. 1, these stages comprise outer dynodes designated by odd ordinal numbers S S etc., and inner dynodes designated by even ordinal numbers S 8,, etc.
  • the dynodes S S S etc. are supported by electrically conductive. discs D D D D etc. The discs are sealed to the rings R, lying between them and serve as electrical conductors for the dynodes.
  • the supply conductors are connected in a known manner to increasingly positive voltages, which are adapted to obtain satisfactory characteristics of linearity and fastness of response.
  • FIG. 3 is an elevation of the amplifying stage of the tube of FIG. 1, partly shown broken away.
  • This amplifying stage comprises the outer dynode S and the inner dynode S
  • the outer dynode S is secured to an annular support 11, having a tab 12 for the connection with the dynode S and a tab 13 for the connection with the disc D
  • the shape of the support 11 ensures an excellent mechanical rigidity.
  • the inner dynode S is supported from two crossed wires 14 and 15 of metal, secured to a support 16, which bears on the disc D
  • the dynode S has passages 17 for the metal wires 14 and 15.
  • the connection of the inner dynode also ensures a good mechanical rigidity, while the connecting means will substantially not affect the flow of electrons.
  • the output stage of the tube of .FIG. 1 is subject matter of copending patent application Ser. No. 697,751, filed Jan. 15, 1968.
  • the output stage comprises a cylindrical anode 18, having a conical prolongation 19 which is connected mechanically and electrically to the inner conductor 20 of a coaxial output lead C, sealed in the tube bottom.
  • the outer conductor 21 of the coaxial output lead C is connected to a conductive truncated cone 22, which surrounds the anode coaxially.
  • the tube comprises an integrated capacitance for decoupling the electrodes.
  • the members 19 and 22 form a coaxial line having a characteristic impedance of 50 ohms so that the output of the electron multiplier can be easily connected to signal detection apparatus.
  • An electron multiplier tube having a wall comprising a pile of alternately arranged insulating rings and electrically conductive, annular discs, a plurality of outer dynodes having a forward emissive surface and being supported from the rear surface thereof by said discs, a plurality of inner dynodes each of which is located partly within one of said outer dynodes and having a forward emissive surface, and crossed rod-shaped members the ends of which are connected to diametrically opposite points of each disc supporting said inner dynodes from the rear surface thereof.

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