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| 7816866 | Photocathode comprising a plurality of openings on an electron emission layer A semiconductor photocathode 1 includes: a transparent substrate 11; a first electrode 13, formed on the transparent substrate 11 and enabling passage of light that has been transmitted through the transparent substrate 11; a windo... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7772771 | Alkali metal generating agent, alkali metal generator, photoelectric surface, secondary electron emission surface, electron tube, method for manufacturing photoelectric surface, method for manufacturing secondary electron emission surface, and method for manufacturing electron tube The present invention relates to an alkali metal generating agent and others for formation of a photo-cathode or a secondary-electron emitting surface capable of stably generating an alkali metal. The alkali metal generating agent is used in formation of a photo-cat... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7728520 | Optical modulator of electron beam An optoelectronic modulator is based on the concentration of an electron beam from an electron gun by a tapered cavity, which sides are photosensitive and change the electrical conductivity under the illumination of light (electromagnetic radiation). The light modul... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7646149 | Electronic switching device An electrons' emission device is presented. The device comprises an electrodes' arrangement including at least one Cathode electrode and at least one Anode electrode, the Cathode and Anode electrodes being arranged in a spaced-apart relationship; the device being co... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7592747 | Piezoelectrically enhanced photocathode A photocathode, for generating electrons in response to incident photons in a photodetector, includes a base layer having a first lattice structure and an active layer having a second lattice structure and epitaxially formed on the base layer, the first and second l... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7525249 | Electron tube with electron-bombarded semiconductor device In an electron tube, an insulating tube protrudes inside an envelope. One end of the insulating tube is connected to the envelope. An avalanche photo diode (APD) is provided on the other end of the insulating tube. A ground voltage is applied to the envelope and a p... | 04/28/2009 |
| 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 by a cover and a tubular inner wall. A manganese bead and an antimony... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7474051 | Alkali metal generating agent, alkali metal generator, photoelectric surface, secondary electron emission surface, electron tube, method for manufacturing photoelectric surface, method for manufacturing secondary electron emission surface, and method for manufacturing electron tube The present invention relates to an alkali metal generating agent and others for formation of a photo-cathode or a secondary-electron emitting surface capable of stably generating an alkali metal. The alkali metal generating agent is used in formation of a photo-cat... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7446474 | Hetero-junction electron emitter with Group III nitride and activated alkali halide A photocathode is capable of generating an electron beam from incident light. The photocathode comprises a light permeable support having a light receiving surface and an opposing surface. A Group III nitride layer is provided on the opposing surface of the support.... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7427765 | Electron beam column for writing shaped electron beams An electron beam column comprises a thermal field emission electron source to generate an electron beam, an electron beam blanker, a beam shaping module, and electron beam optics comprising a plurality of electron beam lenses. In one version, the optical parameters ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 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 position-time measuring circuit (16) generates a si... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7368762 | Heterojunction photodiode The present invention provides a heterojunction photodiode which includes a pn or Schottky-barrier junction formed in a first material region having a bandgap energy Eg1. When reverse-biased, the junction creates a depletion region which expands towards a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365356 | Photocathode The invention relates to a photocathode having a structure that permits a decrease in the radiant sensitivity at low temperatures is suppressed so that the S/N ratio is improved. In the photocathode, a light absorbing layer is formed on the upper layer of a substrat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7315115 | Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions A light-emitting device contains getter material (58) typically distributed in a relatively uniform manner across the device's active light-emitting portion. An electron-emitting device similarly contains getter material (112, 110/112, 128, 132, and | 01/01/2008 |
| 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 surface, and an array of electron transmission gates spaced apart from the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297924 | Imaging device with focus switching means for day and night vision An optronic observation device including a detector having a photocathode and a sensor arranged to receive an incident light beam. The device also including a switch to position an optical element opposite the detector in the pathway of the incident beam or to retra... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7259362 | Imaging arrangement and method for high-speed imaging An electro-optic device is disclosed which has a plurality of independently-gatable portions. One example is an image intensifier having a number of segmented photocathode areas (GP). The corresponding portions of the intensifier can be energized independently via c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256406 | Emitter for electron-beam projection lithography system, and method of manufacturing and operating the emitter An emitter for an electron-beam projection lithography system includes a photoconductor substrate, an insulating layer formed on a front surface of the photoconductor substrate, a gate electrode layer formed on the insulating layer, and a base electrode layer formed... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256540 | Electron emission device with a grid electrode An electron emission device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing one another and having a predetermined gap therebetween. An electron emission region for emitting electrons is formed on the first substrate, and an illumination portion for display... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7238928 | Photomultiplier with particular stem/pin structure The edges of portions of a base member that are joined to stem pins are arranged as bottom surfaces of recesses formed in the stem so that the stem pins are joined to the base member at gradual angles and so that even when a bending force acts on the stem pins, the ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226335 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing image displaying apparatus A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an image displaying apparatus having a display panel. A first substrate of the display panel on which a phosphor exciter is disposed and a second substrate of the display panel on which phosphors emitting light by the phos... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7215070 | System, method and apparatus for multi-beam lithography including a dispenser cathode for homogeneous electron emission A dispenser cathode which comprises an emission surface, a reservoir for material releasing, when heated, work-function-lowering particles, and at least one passage for allowing diffusion of work-function-lowering particles from said reservoir to said emission surfa... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208874 | Transmitting type secondary electron surface and electron tube A transmission secondary electron emitter is provided which emits secondary electrons generated by the incidence of primary electrons. The transmission secondary electron emitter includes a secondary electron emitting layer which is made of diamond or a material con... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202099 | Method of fabricating a laser diode that includes thermally cleaning a deposition reactor using a gas mixture of arsine and hydrogen Provided is a method of fabricating a laser diode including a lower Al-containing semiconductor material layer, a active layer, and an upper Al-containing semiconductor material layer. The method includes thermally cleaning the inside of a deposition reactor in whic... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199345 | Low profile wire bond for an electron sensing device in an image intensifier tube An electron sensing device for receiving electrons from an output surface of an electron gain device has a silicon die including an active surface area for positioning below the output surface of an electron gain device. The silicon die also includes a silicon step ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189956 | Photomultiplier and radiation detector In a photomultiplier, a ring-like side tube is not interposed between a side tube and a stem in the radial direction, and the side tube is joined to the ring-like side tube in a state of being directly capped onto a portion of the stem that protrudes out from an ope... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176625 | Photocathode plate and electron tube Provided are a photocathode plate capable of stably achieving a high sensitive property, and an electron tube using such a photocathode plate. In a photomultiplier tube 1, an insulating layer 63 is formed between a semiconductor electron emissio... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7161162 | Electron beam pattern generator with photocathode comprising low work function cesium halide An electron beam pattern generator comprises a laser beam generator to generate a laser beam. A photocathode receives the laser beam and generates one or more electron beams. The photocathode comprises cesium halide material, such as for example, cesium bromide or i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7095037 | Electron beam lithography system having improved electron gun An electron beam lithography system has an electron gun including at least one laser that is operable in a first mode to generate electrons for lithography. The electron beam lithography system is operable in a second mode to regenerate the photocathode of the elect... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7045791 | Column simultaneously focusing a partilce beam and an optical beam The invention concerns a column for producing a focused particle beam comprising: a device (100) focusing particles including an output electrode (130) with an output hole (131) for allowing through a particle beam (A); an optical focusing devic... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045957 | Polycrystal diamond thin film and photocathode and electron tube using the same In the polycrystal diamond thin film in accordance with the present invention, the average particle size is at least 1.5 μm and, in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy, a peak intensity near a wave number of 1580 cm−1 has a ratio of 0.2 or ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7030388 | Illuminant, and, electron beam detector, scanning electron microscope and mass spectroscope each including the same The present invention relates to an illuminant, etc., having a high response speed and a high luminous intensity. The illuminant comprises a substrate and a nitride semiconductor layer provided on one surface of the substrate. The nitride semiconductor layer emits f... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015642 | Light intensifier tube A light intensifier tube is described and which includes a photocathode; a luminescent screen disposed in spaced relation relative the photocathode; a shutter electrode disposed intermediate the photocathode and the luminescent screen; and an anode located intermedi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005795 | Electron bombardment of wide bandgap semiconductors for generating high brightness and narrow energy spread emission electrons A semiconductor source of emission electrons which uses a target of a wide bandgap semiconductor having a target thickness measured from an illumination surface to an emission surface. The semiconductor source is equipped with an arrangement for producing and direct... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998635 | Tuned bandwidth photocathode for transmission negative electron affinity devices A photocathode includes a first layer having a first energy band gap for providing absorption of light of wavelengths shorter than or equal to a first wavelength, a second layer having a second energy band gap for providing transmission of light of wavelengths longe... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992441 | MBE grown alkali antimonide photocathodes A photocathode manufacturing intermediary article (24) includes a substrate layer (26), and an active layer (20) that is carried by the substrate layer (26). The active layer (20) includes photoemissive alkali antimonide material t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977465 | Image intensifier with improved electromagnetic compatibility An image intensifier includes a photocathode (11) with a face plate (22). A conductive layer (24) is disposed outwardly from the face plate (22). A grounded conductor (16) is electrically coupled to the conductive layer (24)... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6957992 | Image intensification tube An image intensifier tube includes a photocathode (20) with an active layer (52) providing an electrical spectral response to photons of light. The photocathode (20) also includes integral spacer structure (42) which extends toward and ph... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6943492 | Light weight flat panel image display device An image display device where a substrate with a thickness of not more than 2 mm is used as a rear substrate, or where a low alkali glass substrate with an X-ray shielding member is used as a rear substrate. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6905384 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing image displaying apparatus A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an image displaying apparatus having a display panel. A first substrate of the display panel on which a phosphor exciter is disposed and a second substrate of the display panel on which phosphors emitting light by the phos... | 06/14/2005 |
