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7619199 Time-resolved measurement apparatus and position-sensitive election multiplier tube  
A time-resolved measurement apparatus ( 100 ) reads a detection timing pulse from an MCP ( 24 ) in a front-side MCP stack ( 30 ) in a photomultiplier tube ( 14 ). A detection timing of a photon is...
7531812 Method and system for the directional detection of electrons in a scanning electron microscope  
A system detects electrons according to their emission direction in a scanning electron microscope. The system includes a scintillator electron detector and a set of electrodes focusing and...
7498557 Cascaded image intensifier  
A cascaded image intensifier device is presented. In one embodiment the device comprises: at least two sections in cascade, each of a first section and a last section out of the at least two...
7495374 Electron amplification plate for field emission display device  
The present invention provides an electron amplification plate placed between a first substrate and a second substrate of a field emission display device. The electron amplification plate comprises...
7486021 Electron tube with electron-bombarded semiconductor device  
A photocathode is formed on a predetermined portion of the internal surface of an envelope of an electric tube. An avalanche photodiode (APD) is provided inside the envelope. The APD is surrounded...
7482571 Low cost planar image intensifier tube structure  
An image intensifier tube is provided. The image intensifier tube has a microchannel plate (MCP), a photocathode and phosphor screen deposited on a fiber optic substrate. A first spacer is...
7470915 Detector system of secondary and backscattered electrons for a scanning electron microscope  
A system for detecting secondary and backscattered electrons in a scanning electron microscope includes a microporous plate ( 9 ) that is disposed between a lower scintillator ( 5 ) and an upper...
7427733 Gated image intensifier  
A gated optical image intensifier 10 is provided with multiple intensifying channels 20, 22, 24, 26 each supplied with radiation via a respective optical channel of an optical splitter. The...
7425694 Time-resolved measurement apparatus  
A time-resolved measurement apparatus ( 100 ) acquires a detection timing pulse from an output terminal ( 34 ) attached to a micro channel plate ( 30 ) in a photomultiplier tube ( 14 ). A...
7417235 Particle detector for secondary ions and direct and or indirect secondary electrons  
A multi-purpose efficient charge particle detector that by switching bias voltages measures either secondary ions, or secondary electrons (SE) from a sample, or secondary electrons that originate...
7408142 Microchannel amplifier with tailored pore resistance  
A microchannel amplifier includes an insulating substrate that defines at least one microchannel pore through the substrate from an input surface to an output surface. A conductive layer is formed...
7394187 Electron multipliers and radiation detectors  
An electron multiplier includes a plate having a plurality of interconnected particles, e.g., fibers, having electron-emissive surfaces. The particles may include a neutron-sensitive and/or neutron...
7301263 Multiple electron beam system with electron transmission gates  
A multiple electron beam source comprises a photon source to generate a photon beam, a lens to focus the photon beam, a photocathode having a photon receiving surface and an electron emitting...
7294954 Micro-engineered electron multipliers  
This invention provides for a simple method of fabricating miniature electron multipliers, in an in-plane configuration suitable for use with miniature analytic instruments such as mass filters....
7251400 Absorptive clad fiber optic faceplate tube  
A limiter device is used as a fiber optic faceplate (FOFP) night vision goggle for limiting light or laser induced damage on a vacuum side of the FOFP. The limiter device includes a plurality of...
7221837 Device and method for reducing glass flow during the manufacture of microchannel plates  
The present invention provides a glass packing tube for use in fabricating a microchannel plate. The glass tube has a plurality of flat inner surfaces and is used to form a boule including a...
7180060 E×B ion detector for high efficiency time-of-flight mass spectrometers  
An ion detector having a planar electrically conducting entrance plate, a converter assembly including a planar electrically conducting converter plate and a converter member for providing free...
7148461 Photomultiplier tube with enchanced hermiticity  
A metal side tube ( 2 ), a glass faceplate ( 3 ), and a stem plate ( 4 ) constitute a hermetically sealed vessel ( 5 ) for a photomultiplier tube. An edge portion ( 20 ) is provided at on open end...
7141787 Detector for a co-axial bipolar time-of-flight mass spectrometer  
A detector for a coaxial bipolar time-of-flight mass spectrometer is described. The detector includes a microchannel plate, a scintillator disposed in parallel relation to said microchannel plate,...
7129464 Low-photon flux image-intensified electronic camera  
A low-photon flux image-intensified electronic camera comprises a gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) photocathode in a high vacuum tube assembly behind a hermetic front seal to receive image...
7126263 Perforated mega-boule wafer for fabrication of microchannel plates (MCPs)  
A mega-boule is used in fabricating microchannel plates (MCPs). The mega-boule has a cross-sectional surface including an island section, an inner perimeter section and an outer perimeter section,...
7109644 Device and method for fabrication of microchannel plates using a mega-boule wafer  
The present invention provides a mega-boule for use in fabricating microchannel plates (MCPs). The mega-boule includes a cross-sectional surface having at least first, second and third areas, each...
7102284 Photomultiplier  
In a photomultiplier, focusing pieces of a focusing electrode are formed with sufficient height that the photocathode in the adjacent channels cannot be viewed from the first and second stage...
7064485 Photomultiplier tube having focusing electrodes with apertures and screens  
A glass container has a faceplate, a side tube, and a bottom. A photocathode is formed on the inner side of the faceplate. The glass container includes a first dynode, a second dynode, a screen...
7049605 Detector using microchannel plates and mass spectrometer  
A mass spectrometer detector having a coupling capacitor including an anode that is placed at a high potential of say −4.9 kV. An annular electrode is placed outside the anode. A voltage of say...
7042155 Electron-multiplier and photo-multiplier having dynodes with partitioning parts  
A dynode constituting an electron multiplier or a photomultiplier may be provided with eight rows of channels each defined by an outer frame and a partitioning part of the dynode. In each channel,...
7026177 Electron multiplier with enhanced ion conversion  
A replaceable, electronically-isolated, MCP-based spectrometer detector cartridge with enhanced sensitivity is disclosed. A coating on the MCP that enhances the secondary electron emissivity...
7025652 Electron amplifier utilizing carbon nanotubes and method of manufacturing the same  
An electron amplifier and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electron amplifier includes a substrate in which a plurality of through holes are formed, a resistive layer deposited...
7023134 Dynode producing method and structure  
An inner surface of an electron-multiplier hole ( 14 ) includes a first curved surface ( 19 a ) and a second curved surface ( 19 b ) that face each other. The first curved surface ( 19 a ) extends...
6958474 Detector for a bipolar time-of-flight mass spectrometer  
A replaceable, electronically-isolated, MCP-based spectrometer detector cartridge with enhanced sensitivity is disclosed. A mass detector is electro-optically isolated from a charge collector with...
6943494 Field emitting luminous device  
A field emitting luminous device is disclosed. The device includes a cathode electron emitting unit, an electron amplifying unit, a panel unit, and an electric power supply unit. The primary...
6917144 Microchannel plate having input/output face funneling  
A microchannel plate (P) for receiving photoelectrons includes a plate-like substrate web (W) formed from a plurality of micro-tubules ( 10 ) of a single type of cladding glass ( 12 ) and defining...
6876802 Microchannel plate having microchannels with deep funneled and/or step funneled openings and method of manufacturing same  
The invention includes a microchannel plate for an image intensifier tube, in which the plate has multiple microchannels extending in a longitudinal dimension between transverse surfaces of the...
6836059 Image intensifier and electron multiplier therefor  
An image intensifier and electron multiplier therefor is disclosed. Photons of an image impinge a photo-cathode that converts the photons to electrons. An electron multiplier multiplies the...
6835922 Photomultiplier tube and production method therefor  
A hermetically sealed vessel for a photomultiplier tube made of a side tube ( 2 ), a faceplate and a stem plate. The side tube is made by assembling a plurality of plates ( 80 ) with a curled end....
6828729 Bipolar time-of-flight detector, cartridge and detection method  
A replaceable, electronically-isolated, MCP-based spectrometer detector cartridge with enhanced sensitivity is disclosed. A coating on the MCP that enhances the secondary electron emissivity...
6794629 Photomultiplier  
A photomultiplier eliminates the reflection of light off of focusing pieces in a focusing electrode and prevents the photocathode from emitting useless electrons in response to such reflected light...
6765352 Photocathode and electron tube  
A photocathode and an electron tube in which the photocathode plate can be securely fixed without using any adhesive. Even under the severe condition that a high vibration resistance is required or...
6724131 Night vision device and method  
A image intensifier tube ( 14 ) includes a housing ( 18 ) carrying a photocathode ( 22 ) and a microchannel plate ( 24 ). The housing also receives axially extending fine-dimension spacing...
6633034 Method and apparatus for imaging a specimen using low profile electron detector for charged particle beam imaging apparatus including electrostatic mirrors  
A charged particle beam method and apparatus use a primary electron beam to irradiate a specimen so as to induce the specimen to emit secondary and backscattered electrons carrying information...
6624406 Method and system for enhanced vision employing an improved image intensifier and reduced halo  
The present invention comprises a method for detecting photons and generating a representation of an image. A photocathode receives photons from the image. The photocathode discharges electrons in...
6617768 Multi dynode device and hybrid detector apparatus for mass spectrometry  
A multi dynode device (MDD) for electron multiplication and detection and a hybrid detector using the MDD have high peak signal output currents and large dynamic range while preserving the...
6570315 Field ion display device  
A field ion display device comprises a field ion emission plate, a microchannel plate and a fluorescent display plate, said plates being parallel to each other, with gaps there between, and being...
6570147 Color night vision apparatus  
There is disclosed a color night vision device, which employs a separate image intensifier for each primary color. Thus, the apparatus employs an image intensifier for red, an image intensifier for...
6522061 Field emission device with microchannel gain element  
A field emission device with a micro-channel gain element included a plurality of field emission or “cold” cathodes ( 102 ) formed into an array. The cold cathodes are typically modulated by a...
6492657 Integrated semiconductor microchannel plate and planar diode electron flux amplifier and collector  
An electron flux amplifier is provided wherein a microchannel plate (MCP) is monolithically formed with, or bonded to, a semiconductor amplifier. In a preferred embodiment, microchannels are formed...
6486592 Integral night vision tube contact assembly and method of making  
A universal contact assembly for an image intensifier tube wherein the pin socket and flat are both parts of an integrally formed unit. The pin socket has a through hole for accepting a wire lead...
6437491 System for enhanced vision employing an improved image intensifier with an unfilmed microchannel plate  
The present invention comprises a photon detector and image generator, which includes a photocathode that receives photons from an image. The photocathode discharges electrons in response to the...
6429578 Diagnostic and therapeutic detector system for imaging with low and high energy X-ray and electrons  
A detector unit for detecting photons in the energy range 1 keV to 100 MeV, includes at least two converter layers adapted to interact with incident X-ray photons and to cause electrons to be...
6429416 Apparatus and method of controlling a gated power supply in an image intensifier with a micro-channel plate  
Apparatus for controlling a gated power supply of an image intensifier having a micro-channel plate includes a current-to-voltage converter coupled to the micro-channel plate operable to convert a...
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