• DocumentCode
    3598202
  • Title

    Investigation of the LIGA process to fabricate microchannel plates

  • Author

    Liu, Robin H. ; Vasile, Michael J. ; Goettert, Jost ; Beebe, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    645
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the development of microchannel plate prototypes with aspect ratios of 20:1 and a variety of microchannel geometries. The LIGA process is utilized to fabricate nickel molds up to 150 μm in height with planarized surfaces. A novel application of spin-on glass is developed to obtain glass structures in Ni molds. A reverse electroplating is used to remove the Ni mold and release the glass structures with height of more than 100 μm
  • Keywords
    X-ray lithography; electroforming; electron multipliers; electroplating; microchannel plates; sol-gel processing; 100 to 150 micron; LIGA process; Ni; area vacuum-electron multiplier; aspect ratios; microchannel geometries; microchannel plates; planarized surfaces; reverse electroplating; spin-on glass; synchrotron radiation lithography; Dry etching; Electrons; Geometry; Glass; Microchannel; Nickel; Night vision; Space technology; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid State Sensors and Actuators, 1997. TRANSDUCERS '97 Chicago., 1997 International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3829-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SENSOR.1997.613734
  • Filename
    613734