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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414355 | Charged particle beam extraction and formation apparatus A charged particle apparatus, with multiple electrically conducting semispheric grid electrodes, the grid electrodes mounted in a dielectric mounting ring, with hidden areas or regions to maintain electrical isolation between the grid electrodes as sputter deposits ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7109494 | Deflector, method of manufacturing deflector, and charged particle beam exposure apparatus using deflector A deflector which makes multilayered wiring possible and prevents contamination during the manufacture includes an electrode substrate (400) having a plurality of through holes, and an electrode pair made up of first and second electrodes which oppose the sid... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7060984 | Multi-charged beam lens and charged beam exposure apparatus using the same A multi-charged beam lens formed by stacking, via insulators, at least three substrates each having a plurality of apertures which pass charged beams. The lens includes a voltage application portion arranged on at least one of the at least three substrates. The volt... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7038226 | Electrooptic system array, charged-particle beam exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method A semiconductor manufacturing factory includes a plurality of semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses including an exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate by using a plurality of charged particle beams, a local area network for connecting the plurality of semico... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6998225 | Method of producing compound semiconductor device A method of producing a compound semiconductor device using a lift-off process. The lift-off process includes forming a resist mask having an electrode opening on an active layer of a compound semiconductor that is on a substrate of a compound semiconductor; forming... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6965153 | Electrooptic system array, charged-particle beam exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method This invention relates to an electrooptic system array having a plurality of electron lenses. The electrooptic system array includes upper, middle, and lower electrodes arranged along the paths of a plurality of charged-particle beams, the upper, middle, and lower e... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6963164 | Cold cathode fluorescent lamps A cold-cathode fluorescent lamp, comprising a sealed lighting enclosure provided with a phosphor coating on at least part of an inner surface thereof the lighting enclosure. An electrode is provided juxtaposed a region of the inner surface of the lighting tube, the ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6936967 | Fluorescent lamp and method of manufacturing same Fluorescent lamp (1) having a glass discharge vessel (2) in which a gas is present, which discharge vessel (2) is provided with a tubular end portion (3) having a longitudinal axis, which end portion (3) includes a glass stem (5... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919679 | Contaminant getter on UV reflective base coat in fluorescent lamps An electric lamp is provided having a luminescent layer on the lamp envelope that produces visible light when impinged by ultraviolet radiation generated within the lamp. An undercoat for the electric lamp increases the luminous efficacy of the lamp. The undercoat c... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6867545 | Plasma display panel with light shielding layers having different widths The present invention relates to a plasma display panel that is adaptive for improving color temperature. A plasma display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes barrier ribs partitioning off each of the discharge cells; and a light-shiel... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6774559 | Metal vapor discharge lamp A metal vapor discharge lamp including an outer tube having a closed portion at a first end and a base at a second end; a discharge tube inside of which an electrode is provided, located in the outer tube; and a sleeve enveloping the discharge tube and located in th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6756723 | Fluorescent lamp, method for manufacturing the same, and fluorescent lamp device A fluorescent lamp having a stem provided with first and second lead wires for energization of an electrode and an electrically-insulating member provided therein with a first hole and a second hole larger in cross-sectional area than said second lead wire. The firs... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6717338 | Frame mount for high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp (10) has an outer envelope (12) having a cup-shaped top (14), a hollow center section (16) and a bottom (18) all aligned along a longitudinal axis (20), the bottom (18) including a flar... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6689249 | Shield or ring surrounding semiconductor workpiece in plasma chamber A ring or collar surrounding a semiconductor workpiece in a plasma chamber. According to one aspect, the ring has an elevated collar portion having an inner surface oriented at an obtuse angle to the plane of the workpiece, this angle preferably being 135... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6603249 | Fluorescent lamp with reduced sputtering A mount for a fluorescent lamp that comprises a glass base with spaced-apart lead-in wires extending from therefrom. A longitudinal electrode coil containing an emitter material is mounted upon and extends between the lead-in wires. A coating of zinc oxid... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6507142 | Plume shield for ion accelerators A series of long slats, preferably parallel and spaced apart uniformly, extend from a base plate to form a series of cavities between the slats for trapping high energy ions in the exit plume of an ion accelerator. The plume shield is designed to minimize... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6445121 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with a spiral-shaped electrode shield The discharge vessel encloses a discharge space provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas in a gastight manner. Each end portion (12a) of the lamp supports an electrode (20a) arranged in the discharge space. An electrode shield (22a) encompasses a... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6194822 | Alignment of asymmetric apertured grids for electron gun assembly To prevent rotation of a generally flat, or planar, grid having three inline beam passing apertures, where the two outer apertures are asymmetric in shape, during assembly of a multi-beam electron gun for use in a color cathode ray tube (CRT), an electron... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6137210 | Halogen lamp with a heat insulating washer interposed between a lamp housing and a reflector A halogen lamp includes a bowl-shaped lamp housing, a light source, a reflector which has the light source mounted thereon and which is disposed on the lamp housing, and a heat insulating washer which is made of a heat insulating elastic material. The hea... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5838104 | Shield for high pressure discharge lamps An improved compact, white color and pulse operated high pressure sodium vapor arc discharge lamp employing a radiation sensitive getter RF flashed onto the inner surface of the outer lamp envelope has a ceramic radiation shield interposed between the arc... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5517077 | Ion implantation having increased source lifetime Ion implantation equipment is modified so as to provide filament reflectors to a filament inside of an arc chamber, and to remove the electrical insulators for the filament outside of the arc chamber and providing a means of shielding, thereby reducing th... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5502355 | Plasma processing apparatus for producing high density plasma A plasma processing apparatus capable of widening a distance of a narrow gap formed along peripheral portions of the opposed electrodes without deterioration of the efficiency. In the apparatus, two electrodes are provided in parallel to each other within... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5430350 | Electron gun support and positioning arrangement in a CRT In a cathode ray tube (CRT) having a glass envelope with a neck portion, a funnel portion and a display screen, or front panel, an electron gun disposed in the CRT's neck portion has a plurality of aligned electrodes, including a charged shield cup. The s... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5218262 | Apparatus for retaining an electrode by a magnetically shielded magnet In an electrode assembly, an electrode holder has a forward end thereof affixed coaxially to an electrode tip. An attachment member is affixed to the holder rearwardly of the electrode. A retaining assembly includes an outer cup component, an inner cup co... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5130602 | High-pressure gas discharge lamp The high-pressure gas discharge lamp has within an outer envelope a discharge vessel and current supply conductors, which are connected via current lead-through conductors to electrodes within the discharge vessel. The current supply conductor is envelope... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5032764 | Coil, a method of construction of said coil and an imaging device equipped with a coil of this type In order to compensate for the influence of magnetic fields on charged-particle beams, in particular in imaging devices provision is made for a coil constituted by a support plate of substantially constant thickness and by patterns deposited on the suppor... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5004949 | Fluorescent lamp with grounded electrode guard A conductive link maintains the electrode of a fluorescent lamp and a conductive electrode guard at the same electrical potential to reduce lamp power dissipation. The conductive link is a bimetal strip arranged for electrically connecting an electrode le... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4891551 | Fluorescent lamp with grounded and fused electrode guard A conductive link maintains the electrode of a fluorescent lamp and a conductive electrode guard at the same electrical potential to reduce lamp power dissipation. The conductive link may be a fuse wire to protect the lamp ballast from excessive current u... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4885503 | Color cathode-ray tube A particle shielding element of a shape memory metal is installed between an electroconductive layer on the inner peripheral surface of a neck glass tube of a cathode-ray tube and a shield cup of an electron gun therein to close a gap between the neck gla... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4665340 | Cathode-ray-tube electrode structure having a particle trap A very high resolution cathode-ray tube is provided with a combination cylindrical high voltage electrode and particle trap disk that is supported by a multiplicity of spring fingers from the interior wall of the cathode-ray tube neck. One set of the spri... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4517494 | Screening structure for a cathode ray tube display A screening structure for a cathode ray tube display includes at least a cathode ray tube pin socket, a cathode ray tube input pin and a video amplifier section joined as one body and enveloped with a first screening member which has high conducting chara... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4461970 | Shielded hollow cathode electrode for fluorescent lamp A hollow cathode electrode, particularly useful in fluorescent lamps, comprises an outer metal sleeve, an inner metal sleeve disposed within the outer sleeve and an emissive mix disposed on the inner sleeve. In one embodiment, the inner sleeve is a folded... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4449072 | Compact fluorescent lamp Disclosed is a compact fluorescent lamp having a chassis member consisting of a cylindrical part and a holder member, a screw base screwed to the cylindrical part, a base member attached to the cylindrical part, a winding envelope formed by bending a stra... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4417176 | Compact fluorescent lamp A compact fluorescent lamp having a chassis member, a screw base screwed to the chassis member, a base member secured to the chassis member, a winding envelope having bent part and both ends oriented to the same direction, a ballast surrounded by the wind... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4396859 | Photomultiplier assembly having universal alignment means A photomultiplier assembly includes a tubular member of high magnetic permeability and a photomultiplier tube disposed within the tubular member. The photomultiplier tube has an encapsulated voltage distribution network attached thereto. A universal membe... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4345293 | Arrester In an overvoltage arrester composed of two electrodes spaced apart to define a gas spark gap presenting an arc discharge region, and a spacer member of insulating material interposed between the electrodes and forming with the electrodes the walls of a ch... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4322653 | Apparatus including an X-ray tube with shielding electrodes The X-ray apparatus of the present invention comprises a metal cylindrical wall member having a longitudinal axis and opposite open ends. A pair of end members is positioned within the open ends of the wall member, at least one of the end members being an... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4243904 | Image intensifier tube with insulator shield An image intensifier tube comprising an evacuated envelope wherein two spaced electrodes are insulatingly secured to one another by a dielectric member having an end portion extended within closely spaced walls of a hollow conductive shielding means attac... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4220890 | Magnetic shielding for an X-ray image intensifier tube An image-forming device, comprising an image intensifier tube, includes a magnetic shielding grid comprising a ferromagnetic material, which is arranged near the entrance screen of the image intensifier tube for the purpose of shielding against disturbing... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4182970 | Filament shields for par lamps A filament shield for pressed glass reflector lamps is disclosed which comprises an iron base having an aluminum coating thereon heated to produce an FeAl3 outer layer having a dark, matte finish.... | 01/08/1980 |
