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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph W Engstrom, Lancaster, PA (US);
Arthur F McDonie, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428457 ; 313 94 ; 313373 ; 428539 ; 428913 ;
Abstract
A photocathode is formed by depositing a film of tellurium on a conductive base and then sensitizing the tellurium with at least two different alkali metals such as cesium and potassium or sodium and potassium. The photocathode has high sensitivity in the ultraviolet region and is substantially insensitive to solar radiation through the earth's atmosphere. Such a photocathode is useful in 'solar-blind' detectors.