The vidicon is a storage type camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed by the imaged scene radiation on a photoconductive surface which is then scanned by a beam of low velocity w:electrons. The fluctuating voltage coupled out to a video w:amplifier can be used to reproduce the scene being imaged. w:Pyroelectricw:photocathodes can be used to produce a vidicon sensitive over a broad portion of the w:infrared spectrum.
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Schematic of vidicon image tube. The vidicon is a storage type camera tube in which a charge-density pattern is formed by the imaged scene radiation on a photoconductive surface which is then scanned by a beam of low velocity electrons. The fluctuati