accomplished with a thin beam of electrons in an iconoscope camera tube. At the receiving end, the image is reconstructed by using a cathoderay tube (CRT) located in the TV receiver.3 The CRT is depicted in Fig. 1.17. Unlike the iconoscope tube, which produces an electron beam of constant intensity, the CRT beam varies in intensity according to the incoming signal. The electron gun, maintained at a high potential, fires the electron beam. The beam passes through two sets of plates
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TV Picture Tube
One important application of the motion of electrons is found in both the transmission and reception of TV signals. At the transmission end, a TV camera reduces a scene from an optical image to an electrical signal. Scanning is accomplished with a thin beam of electrons in an iconoscope camera tube.
At the receiving end, the image is reconstructed by using a cathoderay tube (CRT) located in the TV receiver.3 The CRT is depicted in Fig. 1.17. Unlike the iconoscope tube, which produces an electron beam of constant intensity, the CRT beam varies in intensity according to the incoming signal. The electron gun, maintained at a high potential, fires the electron beam. The beam passes through two sets of plates for vertical and horizontal deflections so that the spot on the screen where the beam strikes can move right and left and up and down. When the electron beam strikes the fluorescent screen, it gives off light at that spot. Thus, the beam can be made to “paint” a picture on the TV screen.
a. The electron beam in a TV picture tube carries 1015electrons per second. As a design engineer, determine the voltage needed to accelerate the electron beam to achieve 4 W. (Answer: 25 kV)
b. If an electron beam in a TV picture tube carries 1013 electrons/second and is passing through plates maintained at a potential difference of 30 kV, calculate the power in the beam. (Hint: Power = Energy/time = Joules/second)
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