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

摘要

THE INVENTION RELATES TO AN IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE (1) AND A NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FITTED WITH SUCH A TUBE. THE TUBE BODY (40) OF THE IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION COMPRISES A MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE FIXED IN A SEALED MANNER TO THE INPUT DEVICE (10) AND TO THE OUTPUT DEVICE(30)SO AS TO ASSURE LEAKTIGHTNESS OF THE VACUUM CHAMBER (2) DELIMITED BY THE TUBE BODY. THE MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE ALSO MAINTAINS A MICROCHANNEL PLATE (20) ARRANGED BETWEEN A PHOTOCATHODE (15) AND A PHOSPHORUS SCREEN (31), AND SUPPLIES VOLTAGE TO THE PHOTOCATHODE, THE PLATE AND THE PHOSPHORUS SCREEN.