• DocumentCode
    1208519
  • Title

    Effects of Radiation on Vidicon Performance

  • Author

    Davidson, R.A. ; Rosen, B.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Special Systems and Dev. Dept., RCA, Camden, N. J.
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    A commercial one-inch vidicon was exposed to a total radiation dosage of approximately 1015 NVT in the Brookhaven National Laboratories Nuclear Pile Reactor. Quantitative tests were devised for measuring tube aperture response, signal, noise, and photoconductor "dark" current. No measurable degradation of performance occurred, except for decrease in signal output, which was attributed to radiation browning of the vidicon glass faceplate.
  • Keywords
    Apertures; Current measurement; Dark current; Degradation; Inductors; Laboratories; Noise measurement; Photoconductivity; Radiation dosage; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2015
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS2.1958.4315613
  • Filename
    4315613