Patents by Inventor Jerry R. Horton

Jerry R. Horton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thin film continuous dynodes for electron multiplication
    Patent number: 5378960
    Abstract: A continuous thin film dynode includes a substrate with at least one channel having a channel wall, an isolation layer overlying the channel wall, and a thin film overlying the isolation layer. The thin film includes a current carrying portion and an electron emissive portion overlying the current carrying portion. The electron emissive portion is essentially free of a material which is silica-rich, alkali-rich, and lead-poor. The current carrying portion is essentially free of a material which is lead-rich.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: Galileo Electro-Optics Corporation
    Inventors: G. William Tasker, Jerry R. Horton
  • Method of manufacturing microchannel electron multipliers
    Patent number: 5205902
    Abstract: A microchannel plate and method is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment the microchannel plate is a water of anisotropically etchable material having been subjected to a directionally applied flux of reactive particles against at least one face of the wafer in selected areas corresponding to microchannel locations. The flux removes material from the selected areas to produce microchannels in the wafer in accordance with the directionality of the applied flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Galileo Electro-Optics Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry R. Horton, G. William Tasker
  • Microchannel electron multipliers
    Patent number: 5086248
    Abstract: Microchannel plates (MCPs) and channel electron multipliers (CEMs) having channels etched by a directionally applied flux of reactive particles are disclosed. The channels are activated with thin film dynodes. Various embodiments including monolithic and stacked devices are disclosed. Activation of the channels is achieved by various techniques including CVD, LPD and native growth by oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Galileo Electro-Optics Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry R. Horton, G. William Tasker