microchannel plate

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microchannel plate [¦mī·krō¦chan·əl ′plāt]

(electronics)

A plate that consists of extremely small cylinder-shaped electron multipliers mounted side by side, to provide image intensification factors as high as 100,000. Also known as channel plate multiplier.

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No references found			For the digital ENVG, the company has replaced the standard image intensifier tube with a new digital sensor, the MicroChannel Plate Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, or MCP-CMOS. 'Black Art': future night vision devices: more than just goggles by Jean, Grace V. / National Defense It designs and produces image intensifier, photomultipliers, microchannel plates and nuclear gas detectors. Burle Industries acquired by Instrument Business Outlook As the 'volume button' is turned up again, the surface of the microchannel plate gets quickly polluted with drop out material that again fuzzies up the picture (but we are still at a very high improvement level over Gen I). Drilling the darkness by Biass, Eric H. / Armada International			Microbiota microbit microblog microblogging microbody microbreccia microbridge microbrowser microburst microcaliper log microcalorimeter Microcanonical Ensemble microcapacitor microcapsule microcard microcassette Microcausality Condition microcell microcentrum microcentury microcephalia microcephalus Microcephaly microceratous microcercous cercaria microchannel plate Microchemical Analysis microchemistry microchip microchip art Microchiroptera microchronometer microcircuit microcircuitry microcirculation microcirculatory system Microclimate microclimatology Microcline microcneme Micrococcaceae Micrococcus microcode Microcom Networking Protocol microcommerce microcomputer microcomputer development system microconsumer microcontroller microcopy microcoquina			Microcephalia microcephalic microcephalic microcephalic Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism microcephalics microcephalics microcephalics microcephalies microcephalies microcephalies microcephalism microcephalous microcephalous microcephalous microcephalus microcephalus microcephalus microcephaly microcephaly microcephaly Microcephaly, Amish Type Microcephaly, Primary Autosomal Recessive Microcephaly-Oculo-Digito-Esophageal-Duodenal Syndrome Microcephelia Microcephelia Microcephelia microceratous microcercous cercaria MicroChannel Architecture microchannel plate Microchannel plate detector Microchannel Plate Image Intensifiers Microchannel Plate/Photomultiplier Tube Microchannel Structure microcheilia microcheiria microchemical microchemical microchemical Microchemical Analysis microchemist microchemist microchemist microchemistry microchemistry microchemistry Microchera Microchera Microchera albocoronata Microchera albocoronata microchip microchip microchip microchip Microchip analytical procedures Microchip analytical procedures Microchip art Microchip File System Microchip implant (human) microchip module

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