Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal – Responsive to electromagnetic radiation
Patent
1999-11-08
2000-08-29
Nelms, David
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit responsive to nonelectrical signal
Responsive to electromagnetic radiation
438 20, 438 64, 438125, 438118, H01L 2100
Patent
active
061107581
ABSTRACT:
An improved photocathode and image intensifier tube are disclosed along with a method for making both the tube and photocathode. The disclosed photocathode and image intensifier tube have an active layer comprising two or more sublayers. The first sublayer has a first concentration of a group III-V semiconductor compound while the second sublayer has a second concentration of the group III-V semiconductor compound. The multilayer active layer is coupled to a window layer.
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Estrera Joseph P.
Passmore Keith T.
Sinor Timothy W.
Hoang Quoc
Litton Systems Inc.
Nelms David
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