multiplier orthicon
1image orthicon — noun a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons (Freq. 1) •… …
2image orthicon — ☆ image orthicon n. Electronics a television camera tube of high sensitivity that combines an image converter, an orthicon, and an electron multiplier amplifier …
3Video camera tube — In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge coupled device (CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal. Several types were in use from the 1930s to the… …
4Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma — ▪ American engineer and inventor born July 30, 1889, Murom, Russia died July 29, 1982, Princeton, N.J., U.S. Russian born U.S. electronic engineer, inventor, and the father of modern television. After education at the St. Petersburg… …
5Vacuum tube — This article is about the electronic device. For experiments in an evacuated pipe, see free fall. For the transport system, see pneumatic tube. Modern vacuum tubes, mostly miniature style In electronics, a vacuum tube, electron tube (in North… …
6Paul K. Weimer — Dr. Paul K. Weimer (November 5, 1914 January 6, 2005) was a noted contributor to the development of television and the thin film transistor (TFT).Dr. Weimer was born in Wabash, Indiana. He received a B.A. in math and physics from Manchester… …
