Pioneers of Television — Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 90, No. 7, pp. 579–590
Abstract: V. K. Zworykin came to the United States more than 60 years ago. In a long and fruitful life, he has gained worldwide fame and acclaim and has been honored by his peers with many awards and decorations. Over a hundred U.S. Patents have been issued to his name and the list of his published writings is most numerous and impressive. From his first television camera tube and his famous meeting with RCA's Sarnoff, to the birth of the Iconoscope and the Kinescope, and all that was to follow, a vivid description of his life's work is given.
Publication Date: 1981-07-01
DOI: 10.5594/J01424
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J01424
Author(s): Albert Abramson
Copyright: © 1981 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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1. From interviews the author had the honor to conduct during the past few years with Zworykin, Flory, Iams, and Vance. EXTERNAL
10. Jakob L. , An Introduction to Electronic Optics , Methuen & Co. , London , 1951 . (The author states on page two: “The first high-vacuum oscillograph appeared through the labours of Zworykin in 1929.”)—See also V. E. Cosslett, Electronic Optics, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1950, p. 4 . EXTERNAL
11. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 2,109,245; filed November 16, 1929 ; issued February 22, 1938. (U.S. Patent Interference No. 73,203, Iams vs. Ballard vs. Farnsworth, “Testimony for Iams,” gives details.). EXTERNAL
12. Bucher E. E. , Television and David Sarnoff, Part 12, Black-and-White Television , from unpublished official RCA history, chapt. 11, p. 27, and chapt. 46, p. 46 . EXTERNAL
14. Lyons E. , David Sarnoff , Pyramid Books , New York , 1967 , p. 247 . EXTERNAL
15. Zworykin V. K. , “Television with Cathode-Ray Tube for Receiver,” Radio Engineering , IX : 38 – 41 , Dec. 1929 . (This was never printed in the IRE Proceedings.). EXTERNAL
16. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 2,246,283; filed May 1, 1930 ; issued June 17, 1941. EXTERNAL
17. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 2,157,048; filed July 17, 1930 ; issued May 2, 1939. EXTERNAL
18. Zworykin V. K. Morton G. A. , Television — The Electronics of Image Transmission , John Wiley and Sons , New York , 1940 , p. 304 . (The difficulties encountered in building these mosaics are described.). EXTERNAL
19. Everson G. , Television, The Life of Philo T. Farnsworth , W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. , New York , 1949 . (This is also confirmed in the many patent interferences between Farnsworth and Zworykin.). EXTERNAL
2. Rosing B. , Russian Patent No. 18076; filed July 25, 1907 ; issued October 30, 1920. EXTERNAL
20. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 2,021,907; filed November 13, issued November 26, 1935 . EXTERNAL
21. Essig S. F. , U.S. Patent No. 2,065,570; filed February 24, 1932 ; issued December 29, 1936. (There was an earlier filing date of December 24, 1931, but the Patent Office disallowed it.). EXTERNAL
22. Ballard R. C. , U.S. Patent No. 2,152,234; filed July 19, 1932 ; issued March 28, 1939. EXTERNAL
23. Zworykin V. K. , “The Iconoscope—A Modern Version of the Electric Eye,” Proc. IRE , 22 : 16 – 32 , Jan. 1934 . EXTERNAL
24. Iams H. Morton G. A. Zworykin V. K. , “The Image Iconoscope,” Proc. IRE , 27 : 541 – 547 , Sept. 1939 . EXTERNAL
25. Rose A. Iams H. , “The Orthicon, a Television Pickup Tube,” RCA Review , 4 : 186 – 199 , Oct. 1939 . EXTERNAL
26. Zworykin V. K. Morton G. A. Malter L. , “The Secondary Emission Multiplier—A New Electronic Device,” Proc. IRE , 24 : 351 – 375 , March 1936 . EXTERNAL
27. Zworykin V. K. , “Electron Optical Systems and their Applications,” Jour. IEE , 79 : 1 – 10 , July 1936 , London. EXTERNAL
28. Zworykin V. K. Hillier J. Vance A. , “An Electron Microscope for Practical Laboratory Service,” Elec. Eng. , 60 : 157 – 162 , April 1941 . EXTERNAL
29. Rose A. Weimer P. K. Law H. B. , “The Image Orthicon—A Sensitive Television Pickup Tube,” Proc. IRE , 34 : 424 – 432 , July 1946 . EXTERNAL
3. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 2,141,059; filed December 29, 1923 , issued December 20, 1938. EXTERNAL
30. Weimer P. K. Forgue S. V. Goodrich R. R. , “The Vidicon Photoconductive Pickup Tube,” Electronics , 24 : 70 – 73 , May 1950 . EXTERNAL
31. From a speech given by General Sarnoff upon the retirement of V. K. Zworykin, at Princeton University, September 18, 1954 . EXTERNAL
4. Garrat Mumford , “The History of Television,” Proc. Inst. Elec. Engrs. , Part 111A: Nov., 1952 , London. EXTERNAL
5. Zworykin V. K. , “The Early Days—Some Recollections,” Television Quarterly , 1 , No. 4 : 69 – 72 , 1962 . EXTERNAL
6. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 1,691,324; filed July 13, 1925 ; issued November 13, 1928. (This patent seems to confirm the 1925 demonstration date, mentioned in the text.). EXTERNAL
7. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 1,744,192; filed July 13, 1925 ; issued January 21, 1930. (Described in the New York Times, October 25, 1925. This seems to be the first publicity Dr. Zworykin received.). EXTERNAL
8. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 1,802,747; filed April 12, 1927 ; issued April 18, 1931. EXTERNAL
9. Zworykin V. K. , U.S. Patent No. 1,837,746; filed March 3, 1928 ; issued December 22, 1931. (See also V. K. Zworykin and E. D. Wilson, “The Caesium-Magnesium Photocell,” J. Optical Soc. Am., 19: 81–89, 1929.). EXTERNAL

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