Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photomultiplier
- Patent Title (中): 光电倍增管
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Application No.: US234158Application Date: 1994-04-28
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Publication No.: US5619100APublication Date: 1997-04-08
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kyushima , Koji Nagura , Yutaka Hasegawa , Eiichiro Kawano , Tomihiko Kuroyanagi , Akira Atsumi , Masuya Mizuide
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Kyushima , Koji Nagura , Yutaka Hasegawa , Eiichiro Kawano , Tomihiko Kuroyanagi , Akira Atsumi , Masuya Mizuide
- Applicant Address: JPX Shizuoka-ken
- Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JPX Shizuoka-ken
- Priority: JPX5-102898 19930428; JPX5-102902 19930428; JPX5-102910 19930428; JPX5-104673 19930430
- Main IPC: H01J9/12
- IPC: H01J9/12 ; H01J9/18 ; H01J43/04 ; H01J43/10 ; H01J43/12 ; H01J43/22 ; H01J43/18
Abstract:
A photomultiplier is constituted by a photocathode and an electron multiplier having a typical structure in which a dynode unit having a plurality of dynode plates stacked in an incident direction of photoelectrons, an anode plate, and an inverting dynode plate are sequentially stacked. Through holes for injecting a metal vapor are formed in the inverting dynode plate to form secondary electron emitting layers on the surfaces of dynodes supported by the dynode plates, and the photocathode. With this structure, the secondary electron emitting layers are uniformly formed on the surfaces of the dynodes. Therefore, variations in output signals obtained from anodes can be reduced regardless of the positions of the photocathode.
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