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US 4,059,766 AGranted
Device for visualizing data presented in the form of radiant energy
AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorHenri Rougeot
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Abstract
An image converter or intensifier which supplies a visual image from incident radiation. It comprises a metallic grid, a detector layer formed by a mosaic of semiconductor elements disposed in the meshes of the grid, a layer which is sensitive to the incident radiation and which supplies photons to the semiconductor elements, means for biasing the grid and semiconductor elements, and means for visualizing the spatial distribution of electrical charges thus obtained.
Claims17
A device for the visualisation of data presented in the form of radiant energy, comprising:
- a first layer which receives said incident radiant energy and which releases photons, the number of which is dependent at any point upon the intensity of said incident radiation;
- a detector layer, formed by a mosaic of semiconductor elements receiving said photons and which release electrical charge carriers;
- a conductive grid, arranged in such a way that each of said semiconductor elements is accommodated in a mesh of said grid and is in electrical contact therewith;
- means for biasing said grid and said detector layer to produce a spatial distribution of electrical charges, representing said incident radiation, on that surface of said detector layer which is opposite said first layer;
- means for visualising said distribution of charges.
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