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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. 10, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
G William Tasker, West Brookfield, MA (US);
Jerry Randall Horton, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Assignee:
Center for Advanced Fiberoptic Applications, Southbridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438 20 ; 427 77 ; 427 78 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to continuous dynodes formed by thin-film processing techniques. According to one embodiment of the invention, a continuous dynode is formed by reacting a chemical vapor in the presence of a substrate at a temperature and pressure sufficient to result in chemical vapor deposition. In another embodiment, the layer is formed by liquid phase deposition and in another embodiment, the layer is formed by nitriding or oxidizing a substrate.