plumbicon Television.
(ˈplʌmbɪkɒn)
[f. L. plumb-um lead + -icon, after vidicon.]
A type of television camera tube similar to a vidicon but in which the photoconductive layer of the signal plate is of lead monoxide.
| 1962 E. F. de Haan in Philips Technical Rev. XXIV. 58/1 The photoconductive layer consists of vapour-deposited lead monoxide, PbO, and we have therefore called this tube the ‘Plumbicon’. 1971 Physics Bull. Aug. 457/1 The other is the plumbicon colour tv tube now used in practically all colour tv cameras all over the world. 1976 Wireless World June 75/3 A camera based on three 2/3-in. Plumbicons with built-in image enhancement. |