Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photomultiplier
- Patent Title (中): 光电倍增管
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Application No.: US11921934Application Date: 2006-06-01
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Publication No.: US07928657B2Publication Date: 2011-04-19
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Kyushima , Hideki Shimoi , Hiroyuki Sugiyama , Hitoshi Kishita , Suenori Kimura , Yuji Masuda , Takayuki Ohmura
- Applicant: Hiroyuki Kyushima , Hideki Shimoi , Hiroyuki Sugiyama , Hitoshi Kishita , Suenori Kimura , Yuji Masuda , Takayuki Ohmura
- Applicant Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka
- Agency: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
- Priority: JPP2005-232488 20050810
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/311008 WO 20060601
- International Announcement: WO2007/017983 WO 20070215
- Main IPC: H01J40/00
- IPC: H01J40/00 ; H01J40/16

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a photomultiplier having a fine configuration capable of realizing stable detection accuracy. The photomultiplier has a housing whose inside is maintained vacuum, and a photocathode, an electron-multiplier section, and an anode are disposed in the housing. In particular, one or more control electrodes disposed in an internal space of the housing which surrounds the electron-multiplier section and the anode are electrically connected via one or more connection parts extending from an electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section. In this configuration, due to a voltage, instead of the applying between an electron entrance terminal and the electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section, being applied between the electron entrance terminal and the control electrodes, an electric potential gradient which is increased gradually from the photocathode side toward the anode side is formed in the electron-multiplier section, and a sufficient electric potential difference is provided between the electron emission terminal of the electron-multiplier section and the anode, which makes it possible to obtain stable detection accuracy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090218944A1 Photomultiplier Public/Granted day:2009-09-03
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