IP Library Granted Patent US 8,080,806
Granted Patent B2
US 8,080,806 · App. 12/257,105 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Electron tube

Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.; The Regents of the University of California
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Patent No.
US 8,080,806
App. No.
12/257,105
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electron tube of the present invention includes: a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthetic silica, and a side tube portion having one end connected to the face plate portion and the other end connected to the stem portion and made of synthetic silica; a projection portion arranged in the vacuum vessel, extending from the stem portion toward the photoelectric surface, and made of synthetic silica; and an electron detector arranged on the projection portion, for detecting electrons from the photoelectric surface, and made of silicon.

Claims (9)

1. An electron tube comprising:

a vacuum vessel including a face plate portion made of synthetic silica and having a surface on which a photoelectric surface is provided, a stem portion arranged facing the photoelectric surface and made of synthetic silica, and a side tube portion having one end connected to the face plate portion and an other end connected to the stem portion and made of synthetic silica;

a projection portion arranged in the vacuum vessel, extending from the stem portion toward the photoelectric surface, and made of synthetic silica;

an electron detector arranged on the projection portion, for detecting electrons from the photoelectric surface, and made of silicon; and

a plurality of electrodes penetrating through the stem portion and arranged on a circumference that surrounds the projection portion.

2. The electron tube according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal film provided on an inner wall of the side tube portion and electrically connected with the photoelectric surface.

3. The electron tube according to claim 1 , wherein a section in a thickness direction of the face plate portion extends along an arc having a center at a predetermined position, on a tube axis of the electron tube, between the photoelectric surface and the electron detector.

4. The electron tube according to claim 1 , wherein the electron detector is an avalanche photodiode.

5. The electron tube according to claim 1 , wherein a step portion is formed where the stem portion meets the side tube portion.

Assignments (4)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Dec 30, 2009
From: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 023717/0180 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jul 8, 2009
From: CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
To: ENERGY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
Reel/Frame 022933/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2009
From: SUYAMA, MOTOHIRO; FUKASAWA, ATSUHITO
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
Reel/Frame 022090/0119 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2009
From: ARISAKA, KATSUSHI; WANG, HANGUO
To: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Reel/Frame 022090/0519 →
Continuity (1)
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