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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles P Beetz, Jr, New Milford, CT (US);
Robert W Boerstler, Woodbury, CT (US);
John Steinbeck, Fitzwilliam, NH (US);
David R Winn, Wilton, CT (US);
Assignee:
NanoSciences Corporation, Oxford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205 50 ; 205 83 ; 205122 ; 205157 ; 205199 ; 205201 ; 205210 ; 205213 ; 205219 ; 205223 ; 2502 / ; 3131 / ;
Abstract
A microchannel plate and method of manufacturing same is provided. The microchannel plate includes a plate consisting of an anodized material and a plurality of channels which are formed during the anodization of the material and extend between the two sides of the plate. Electrodes are also disposed on each side of the plate for generating an electrical field within the channels. Preferably, the material is alumina and the channels are activated such that the channel walls are conductive and highly secondary emissive.