COMPACT IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE AND NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FITTED WITH SUCH A TUBE

摘要

The invention relates to an image intensifier tube and a night vision system fitted with such a tube. The tube body of the image intensifier tube according to the invention comprises a multilayer ceramic substrate fixed in a sealed manner to the input device and to the output device so as to assure leaktightness of the vacuum chamber delimited by the tube body. The multilayer substrate also maintains a microchannel plate arranged between a photocathode and a phosphorus screen, and supplies voltage to the photocathode, the plate and the phosphorus screen.