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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph N Caserta, Roanoke, VA (US);
William D Mims, Roanoke, VA (US);
David A Crenshaw, Roanoke, VA (US);
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 313537 ;
Abstract
A bright source protection circuit for an image intensifier tube modulates the voltage supplied to the tube's photocathode in response to current drawn by the photocathode such that the photocathode is pulsed on and off until the desired photocathode current is achieved.