Photon counting ultraviolet spatial image sensor with microchannel photomultiplying plates
US5461226A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1993 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J2231/50068
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An integrated optical system illuminates an ultraviolet spatial detector with an image from a field of interest. The ultraviolet spatial detector is comprised of an electron multiplying microchannel plate and a 100 pixel discrete anode array using a high strip current microchannel plate. The discrete anode array preserves the spatial distribution of the image. The ultraviolet spatial sensor has a wide field of view. The ultraviolet spatial detector has a photon counting sensor capable of detecting ultraviolet sources to determine their position to within plus or minus 4.5 degrees.
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