The Plumbicon: A Camera Tube with a Photoconductive Lead Oxide Layer
E.F. De Haan, A. G. van Doorn · Journal of the SMPTE · 1964
The photosensitive layer of the Plumbicon is an evaporated microcrystalline layer of lead monoxide. The most significant advantages of the Plumbicon are the low dark current, the high speed of response, which is independent of light intensity, and the high sensitivity. In the Plumbicon, every picture gives a signal that is dependent solely on the light-intensity projected on that particular picture element within the proper time-limits and is unaffected by disturbing effects known from other pickup tubes. This new tube is expected to prove especially suitable for color television.