Texas Instruments Corporation

Raytheon Ti Systems, Inc.

Richard Daniel DeLaMatyr

William Gerald Wyatt

Larry G Taunton

Edwin L Brown

A cooler for an image intensifier system which comprises an image intensifier tube having a face plate. The cold side of a thermoelectric cooler has a hot side and a cold side and is secured to a highly thermally conductive cold plate and the face plate. A highly thermally conductive hot plate contacts the hot side of the thermoelectric cooler. A finned heat sink can be coupled to the thermally conductive hot plate. The thermoelectric cooler is preferably in a state of compression between the cold plate and the hot plate. The system further can include an hermetically sealed region containing the face plate and the cold plate. A desiccant can be disposed within the hermetically sealed region.

Image intensifier tv integral thermal control system

An elongated optic (12) is supported within a cylindrical housing (18) by a pair of support rods (14) passing through the cylindrical housing (18). A resilient retention spring (16) diametrically opposed to each support rod (14) presses the elongated optic (12) against the support rod (14) to prevent movement by the elongated optic (12) while allowing the elongated optic (12) to expand and contract. Contact between the support rods (14) and the resilient retention spring (16) is minimized to prevent inhibiting the internal reflectivity of the elongated optic.

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Heath, TX, United States of America

Richard Daniel DeLaMatyr