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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:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Weiss, San Francisco County, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intevac, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 3131 / ;
Abstract
A microchannel plate (MCP) apparatus and method in which the output metalization layer or electrode is covered with a thin coating to reduce the number of spurious electron emissions striking the phosphor screen or other collection anode in an image intensifier. Microchannel plates manufactured in this way have the beneficial effect of improving yield in the manufacture of night vision devices.