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Electron gun for convergent beam, and a device, particularly a vidicon tube, equipped with such a gun

US4486687A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1981
Grant dateDec 4, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J29/563
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For reducing as much as possible the dimension of converging electron beams, at their point of minimum section, the invention provides in this zone an ionic charge counterbalancing the space charge of the beam, by means of an equipotential electrode disposed about this point. Said electrode is the tube in the figure. When further modulation is applied to the beam, the electrode which ensures it is placed after it in the path thereof.

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