Patents by Inventor Paul De Grott

Paul De Grott 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).

  • Patent number: 5146076
    Abstract: An input screen for radiological image intensifier tube that includes a scintillator (12), deposited on an aluminum substrate (10), which converts incident X-photons into visible photons which then go on to excite a photocathode (16). Previously, the luminous photons produced by the scintillator were emitted towards and were reflected by the aluminum layer; but this reflection reduces the resolution. According to the invention, in order to suppress this reflection, an input screen--in which a thin layer (20), transparent or slightly absorbent to the wavelengths emitted by the scintillator and or size to cause an anti-reflecting effect--is interposed between the aluminum substrate and the scintillator. Choices of anti-reflecting slightly absorbent layer include indium oxide, or alternatively antimony, tin or bismuth oxide, or a combination of these oxides, such as indium-tin oxide. The thickness is from a few hundred to a few thousand angstroms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Thomson Tubes Electroniques
    Inventors: Yvan Raverdy, Francois Chareyre, Paul De Grott