Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Personnel safety or limit control features – Interlock
Patent
1990-07-02
1992-08-11
Larkins, William D.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Personnel safety or limit control features
Interlock
357 4, 357 15, 357 30, 313542, H01J 134
Patent
active
051381915
ABSTRACT:
A junction, such as a Schottky junction, is formed between a conductive electrode and a semiconductor. A bias voltage is applied between the conductive electrode and an outward-emission-side electrode formed on the semiconductor at the side opposite to the junction. Upon illumination, photoelectrons are internally emitted in the conductive electrode into the semiconductor, transported through the semiconductor, and emitted outward from the semiconductor surface, which has been so treated as to reduce the surface barrier height. The semiconductor is semi-insulating, or a p-n junction is formed therein.
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Hirohata Toru
Ihara Tsuneo
Mizushima Yoshihiko
Niigaki Minoru
Oba Koichiro
Dang Hung Xuan
Hamamatsu Photonics K. K.
Larkins William D.
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