Patent · US Expired

Pickup tube target

US3952222A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1955
Grant dateApr 20, 1976
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Expiry dateAug 10, 1975

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J29/456
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

1. A television camera tube comprising an elongated envelope, an electron gun in one end of said envelope for producing an electron beam, a target electrode in the other end of said envelope and in the path of said beam, said target electrode comprising a transparent conductive coating, a N-type photoconductor on said coating, a P-type photoconductor on said N-type photoconductor, another N-type photoconductor on said P-type photoconductor, a rectifying junction formed between each adjacent pair of said photoconductors and means for applying a reverse bias across at least one of said junctions.

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