Abstract:
An electron beam irradiator capable of performing electron beam irradiation in a wide area at a high current density with a field emitter tip. The electron beam irradiator comprises: a vacuum chamber having a beam irradiation window formed longitudinally in an outer periphery of the vacuum chamber; a cathode placed centrally and longitudinally inside the vacuum chamber, and having a field emitter tip formed on the cathode, corresponding to the beam irradiation window; and a high voltage supply placed at one end of the vacuum chamber, and adapted to apply high voltage toward the cathode. The electron beam irradiation can be made in a wide area without using an electromagnet as well as in a high current density without using a heater such as a filament or an additional power supply, thereby to ensure a simplified structure as well as a reduced size.
Abstract:
An optical sampling apparatus has an electron beam generating apparatus which generates an electron beam by irradiating a cathode with an optical signal, a deflection electrode which deflects the generated electron beam, a sampling slit which transmits a part of the deflected electron beam, and a charge detection section which detects the quantity of charges or accumulated current of the transmitted electron beam. It is possible to perform accurate sampling in a high band.
Abstract:
A light valve projector of the Schlieren dark field type is provided with an improved input bar plate configuration which achieves greater light efficiencies. The improved input bar plate has orthogonally related rows and columns of slots in which the row slots are spaced between the column slots. Alternating rows of lenslets of a first array divide columns of lenslets of a second array. Light filtering is provided such that one color passes through the row slots and another color passes through the column slots. The output bar plate has a configuration which is complementary to the input bar plate.
Abstract:
An image tube such as an image inverter including a photo cathode, two grid electrodes, a focus electrode and an anode disposed successively along the image tube is gated by means of the application of a switching pulse to the first of the two grid electrodes while the second of the two grid electrodes is maintained at a positive potential less than that to which the first grid electrode is raised. In this manner over-shoot or ripple in the switching pulse does not disturb the electric field conditions beyond the second grid electrode and accordingly high speed gating can be achieved without effect on the magnification or resolution provided by the image tube.
Abstract:
In an analogue-to-digital converter based on the principle of deflection of an electron beam striking a target plate, the number of diodes in the target plate is doubled. The target plate is covered with a metal pattern in a manner so that a complementary digital signal is available besides the original digital signal. Thus, a faster conversion can be achieved. The metal pattern is extended so that extreme values of the voltage to be converted are also detected in a simple manner.
Abstract:
A cathode-ray tube having an electron gun includes at least one cathode assembly comprising a novel cathode sleeve, a heater filament disposed within the sleeve and a cathode eyelet disposed around at least a portion of the cathode sleeve and attached thereto. The cathode sleeve has oppositely disposed ends, one end being open and the other end being closed by a cap having an electron emitting coating thereon. The novel cathode sleeve comprises a longitudinally extending first portion having a first diameter conforming closely to the heater body portion of the heater filament for reducing the power requirement thereof, and at least one other longitudinally extending portion having a diameter greater than the first diameter. The first portion and the other portion of the cathode sleeve being connected by a transition region inclined at an obtuse angle to the longitudinally extending first portion of the sleeve. A plurality of openings having a lateral dimension greater than the effective longitudinal dimension thereof are formed in the transition region to restrict the conduction of heat along the sleeve and to limit the radiative heat loss therethrough from the heater legs disposed within the sleeve.
Abstract:
A very thin insulator having a dipole structure such as a dielectric material having ferroelectric properties and, preferably, also having thermodielectric properties, is used as the insulator insulating an electrode of an electrode pair from a semiconductor body sandwiched between said electrode pair. The utilization of the charge storage and transfer ability serves as a large scale memory device. Radiation detection and solar energy conversion systems based on establishment of an inversion layer by the bound charge of thermodielectric layer or an electret and irradiation of the semiconductor to separate the electron-hole pair and subsequent collection of minority carriers. Since there is no physical junction, the voltage is high, and can be an alternating current voltage which can be transformed. In one embodiment the dielectric material exhibiting thermodielectric properties provides the bound charge and is used in a thermal imaging system. In such system a matrix or mosaic of charged thermodielectric capacitors biased to near the Curie temperature, are exposed to a source of infrared to be detected. Such mosaic of thermodielectric capacitors is used to convert the IR image to electrical signals.