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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2002
Steven David Rosine, Roanoke, VA (US);
Nelson Christopher Devoe, Roanoke, VA (US);
Steven David Rosine, Roanoke, VA (US);
Nelson Christopher DeVoe, Roanoke, VA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention includes a microchannel plate for an image intensifier tube, in which the plate has multiple microchannels extending in a longitudinal dimension between transverse surfaces of the plate. Each microchannel includes a first portion forming a first opening at an end proximate a surface of the plate. The first portion includes a wall extending longitudinally from the surface and terminating in a substantially similar first opening at a distal end. The microchannel also includes a second portion of the wall, extending longitudinally from the first opening at the distal end and tapering toward a second opening at a further distal end. The first opening at the proximate end has a diameter that is substantially similar to a diameter of the first opening at the distal end. The first opening is also wider than the second opening.