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Electron multipliers having tapered channels

US3939374A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1974
Grant dateFeb 17, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 7, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J43/243
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A channel plate electron multiplier having channels which rapidly decrease in cross-section away from the input aperture and a conductive structure extending across the input aperture to flatten any fringing electrostatic field, resulting in an electrostatic field configuration which causes secondary emitted electrons to collide with the same side of the channel.

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