Nippon Hoso' Kyokai

Hamamatsu Photonics Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshio Ikuma

Takashi Ando

Masayuki Sugawara

Tatsuro Kawamura

Yasushi Watase

Masumi Tachino

Humihiko Ando

Kazumasa Kato

An image intensifier tube and a solid-state image pickup device are combined to form a unified image pickup device. A thin fiber plate with thickness of 0.5-1.5 mm is interposed between a phosphor layer of the image intensifier tube and a photosensitive layer of the solid-state image pickup device. A microchannel plate may be incorporated to multiply photoelectrons emitted from a photocathode.

Image pickup device incorporated with image intensifier tube

An image intensifier tube and a solid-state image pickup device are combined to form a unified image pickup device. A thin transparent glass layer polished to a thickness of 50 microns or less is interposed between a phosphor layer of the image intensifier tube and a photosensitive layer of the solid-state image pickup device. A microchannel plate may be incorporated to multiply photoelectrons emitted from a photocathode.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Toshio Ikuma