Method for producing a sealed electrical connection in a ceramic case and image-intensifier tube comprising such a case

    公开(公告)号:US11576258B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-07

    申请号:US16761121

    申请日:2018-11-06

    申请人: PHOTONIS FRANCE

    IPC分类号: H05K3/40 H05K1/03

    摘要: A method of making leak tight electrical connections through the wall of a ceramic package, for example a ceramic package used on an image intensifier tube. The method comprises a hole metallisation step (500) to obtain vias, the metallisation step comprising the deposition of a bond layer (510), a diffusion barrier (520) acting as a metallic base layer and a wetting agent (530). For each via, a filler metal preform made of indium or a eutectic chosen from among InSn, AuSn, AuGe, AgSn is deposited (540) on each orifice and is heated to a temperature higher than its melting temperature (550) such that the molten filler metal closes off the via to make it leak tight.

    PHOTOCATHODE WITH IMPROVED QUANTUM YIELD

    公开(公告)号:US20220223364A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17595661

    申请日:2020-05-22

    申请人: PHOTONIS FRANCE

    IPC分类号: H01J29/08 H01J31/50 H01J31/26

    摘要: An electromagnetic radiation detector includes an inlet window intended to receive a stream of incident photons, as well as a photocathode in the form of a semiconductive layer. A conductive layer is deposited on the downstream face of the inlet window and a thin dielectric layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the semiconductive layer. The conductive layer is brought to a potential below that of the semiconductive layer so as to drive the photoelectrons out of the recombination zone and consequently improve the quantum yield of the photocathode.

    Vision apparatus offering night vision and direct vision of a surrounding scene

    公开(公告)号:US11768381B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17596780

    申请日:2020-06-18

    申请人: PHOTONIS FRANCE

    发明人: Geoffroy Deltel

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 G02F1/133 G02F1/163

    摘要: Vision apparatus intended to be mounted on the head of a user, including: a night vision device, for forming first virtual images; an offsetting element, for projecting the first virtual images in the field of view of the user; a shutter, such that the offsetting element is between the shutter and the eye of the user, and able to have an open position that allows light to pass and a closed position that blocks light; a switching element with an open position that authorises emission of the first virtual images or the transfer thereof to the offsetting element, and a closed position that blocks the image emission or transfer; and a controlling device controlling the shutter and the switching element according to opening and closing cycles so the shutter is closed during all or a portion of the time during which the switching element is open, and inversely.

    Photocathode with improved quantum yield

    公开(公告)号:US11676790B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17595661

    申请日:2020-05-22

    申请人: PHOTONIS FRANCE

    IPC分类号: H01J29/08 H01J31/26 H01J31/50

    摘要: An electromagnetic radiation detector includes an inlet window intended to receive a stream of incident photons, as well as a photocathode in the form of a semiconductive layer. A conductive layer is deposited on the downstream face of the inlet window and a thin dielectric layer is disposed between the conductive layer and the semiconductive layer. The conductive layer is brought to a potential below that of the semiconductive layer so as to drive the photoelectrons out of the recombination zone and consequently improve the quantum yield of the photocathode.

    MULTIBAND PHOTOCATHODE AND ASSOCIATED DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180096829A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-05

    申请号:US15564880

    申请日:2016-04-06

    申请人: Photonis France

    IPC分类号: H01J40/06 H01J40/16

    摘要: The invention relates to a photocathode including an input window (210) suitable for receiving a flow of incident photons, and an active layer (230), the active layer consisting of a plurality of elementary layers (2301, 2302) made of semiconductor materials having decreasing forbidden bandwidths in the direction of the flow of incident photons. The surface of the photocathode opposite the input window is structured so that each elementary layer of the active layer has its own photoelectric emission surface (2401, 2402). By choosing the semiconductor materials of the elementary layers, it is possible to obtain an image which has high sensitivity in both the visible spectrum and the near infrared.