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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:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 2503851 ; 250374 ; 313534 ; 3131 / ;
Abstract
An X-ray detector including a photocathode arranged to receive X-ray radiation and being operative to provide in response thereto an output of electrons, and at least one electron multiplier operative at subatmospheric pressure and in response to the output of electrons from the photocathode to provide an avalanche including an increased number of electrons.