Transferred electron iii-v semiconductor photocathode
CA 2038262 C · Owner: Litton Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Costello, Kenneth A.; Aebi, Verle W.; Spicer, William E.
Overview
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An improved transferred electron III-V semiconductor photocathode comprising an aluminum contact pad and an aluminum grid structure that improves quantum efficiency by removing a major obstacle to electrons escaping into the vacuum and controls dark spot blooming caused by overly bright photon emission sources.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 14, 1991 and granted December 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 14, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 14, 2013.
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