Patent ID: 9450669
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H01J,H04B

Claim Text:
1. A microchannel plate based optical communication receiving system comprising: an optical receiver providing a stream of modulated electrons; an electrically powered microchannel plate, the plate having a first current prior to receiving the stream of modulated electrons and having a second current as the electrons pass through the microchannel plate; a sense amplifier and filter in electrical communication with the microchannel plate sensing the change in current from the first to second current, and the filter is selectively set to a modulation frequency band pass, wherein the modulation frequency band pass is similar to the frequency of the modulated electrons moving through the microchannel plate; and a demodulator in electrical communication with the sense amplifier to demodulate the electrons; a data output signal exiting from the demodulator; and a receiver for receiving the data output signal and extracting a piece of information.