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Low beam velocity retina for Schottky infrared vidicons

US4005327A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 1975
Grant dateJan 25, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 28, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J29/455
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A solid state sensing retina for infrared vidicon television camera tubes using a low voltage electron beam, consisting of a monolithic silicon wafer having an n-type substrate and two dimensional array of p-type islands, each island has a Schottky electrode photoemitter and substrate contact buss, an ohmic contact pad allows charging of the p-type region beneath the Schottky electrode.

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