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Existing fabrication facilities  for PC's for imaging MCP  detectors

Existing fabrication facilities  for PC's for imaging MCP  detectors. Dr. O.H.W. Siegmund Experimental Astrophysics Group Space Sciences Laboratory University of California at Berkeley. MCP Image Tube Processing Facilities. Industrial Photonis - up to 50mm / night vision

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Existing fabrication facilities  for PC's for imaging MCP  detectors

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  1. Existing fabrication facilities for PC's for imaging MCP detectorsExisting fabrication facilities for PC's for imaging MCP detectors Dr. O.H.W. Siegmund Experimental Astrophysics Group Space Sciences Laboratory University of California at Berkeley

  2. MCP Image Tube Processing Facilities • Industrial • Photonis - up to 50mm / night vision • Photek - custom to 150mm • Proxitronics - custom to 40mm • Hamamatsu - mostly small format • ITT - night vision • American Electro-Optics - night vision • Northrup Grumman - night vision • Academic • UC Berkeley - Siegmund (>120mm) • National Lab capabilities ?? • Other ??

  3. Industrial • Night vision companies are essentially geared up for one product and currently very busy • European smaller companies have varying capabilities, Photek has most experience with larger tubes. • Hamamatsu has small MCP tubes & normally avoids devices that are not commercially viable • Photonis has processing facilities in Lancaster PA (Planacon) capable of large tubes, mostly smaller (~40mm) devices in Roden & Brive

  4. UC Berkeley / Siegmund • Facilities for development and fabrication of detector systems, both open face & sealed tube • Photocathode development and testing • Microchannel plate testing • Readout anode design and test • Electronics development • Sealed tube production • Environmental testing

  5. UCB - Facilities and Resources Many steps are needed to prepare, process and seal MCP image tubes Of necessity this demands a series of facilities to prepare the correct materials TIG welding Vacuum and N2 storage Hi-pot, & vacuum baking stations Precision component cleaning station Plasma cleaning Metal electroding evaporation station Leak checker Class 100 assembly stations

  6. UHV Tube Processing Stations Transfer type facilities with detector test capabilities For processing and sealing multialkali cathodes in MCP tubes For processing and measuring II-V cathodes with monochromator

  7. Tube Processing Facilities Tube facilities and oven Leak Checker

  8. Detector Imaging Electronics and Diagnostics Test Equipment

  9. UV/X-Ray-Visible Calibration Tank UV hollow cathode lamp / X-ray source/ visible lamps V-UV monochromator

  10. Large Sealed Tube Processing Station Sealed tubes with up to 5” format havebeen processedwith multialkaliphotocathodes MCPs and delayline readout

  11. Large format Detectors “PLANACON” type with strip anode GALEX 65mm sealed tube with cross delay line readout

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