Fancy
names
(Many thanks to Marc Lauzin for many new additions)
Updated :
2023-01-29 10:45 |
| Alphatron |
Device for measuring the rarefied gas pressure |
| Amplitron |
Raytheon's trademark name for a high
power, crossed field microwave amplifier used in 1960's era RADAR |
| Anode |
The positive electrode. |
|
Argon |
Inert gas used in some thyratrons |
| Augetron |
A kind of electron multiplicator. |
| Axiotron |
Zeiss microscope |
| Beam-X Switch |
Burroughs trademark name for their line of beam-switching counter tubes
with internal magnets |
| Betatron |
Electron accelerator |
| Bevatron |
Proton accelerator |
| Calutron |
Mass spectroscope |
| Capacitron |
Accelerator of electrons |
| Carcinotron |
A
microwave oscillator tube (Backward-wave type) patented by Epsztain. |
| Cathode |
The negative electrode. |
| Cathovisor |
Television picture tube made by Baird
Television 1939. (p.63,
The CRT) |
| Catkin |
Metal tubes from Marconi |
|
Cetron |
An old tube manufacturer |
| Chalnicon |
Camera tube produced by Hamamatsu. Features a high sensitivity over the range of visual spectrum. These
tubes are typically more laggy than a Newvicon but provide higher resolution. |
|
Charactron |
Computer readout CRT (p.77 The CRT) |
| Chromatron |
A type of color TV picture tube developed
by Ernest Lawrence 1951. |
| Citron |
Swedish name for lemon ;-) |
| Coketron |
An unusual CRT made of a Coca-Cola™
bottle (p.25 The CRT) |
| Compactron |
The last series of tubes
from US makers. Equipped with a 12 pin base. |
| Control grid |
The grid closest to the cathode. |
| Corotron |
Gas discharge stabilizer tube made by
Victoreen. Operated in the region 600-2000 volts. Also called Gas Corotron. |
| Cosmotron |
Accelerator of particles |
| Crossatron |
Electronic gas switch |
| Cryotron |
Electronic superconductivity switch |
| Cyclod |
A kind of CRT for pulse modulation. |
| Cyclophon |
Another kind of CRT for pulse
demodulation. |
| Cyclotron |
Electron accelerator |
| Czicon |
Camera tube. |
| Dekatron |
L-M
Ericsson's registered trade mark for decade counting tube,
e.g. GC10/4B |
|
Deltron |
An old tube manufacturer |
| Diode |
A tube with only two electrodes. |
| Dynatron |
A screen-grid tube in which secondary emission of electrons from the
anode causes the anode current to decrease as anode voltage increases. This
results in a negative resistance characteristic. Also known as Negatron. |
| Dynodes |
The name of the electrodes in a photomultiplier. |
| Eidophor |
A TV-projection system developed by Dr. F.
Fischer from Switzerland. (p.150,
The CRT). |
| Eisen-Urdox |
An old type of NTC-resistor. These tubes were made by OSRAM and had a filament made of
iron wire with a small resistor made of uranium dioxide on top of the system
inside. (Thanks Burkhard Hasselmeier for the correct info) |
| Electron |
...the
smallest thing you can find in a tube. |
| Emitron |
EMI used the word "Emitron" for a number of its products, cameras etc |
| Enneode |
Another name for Nonode, a tube with nine
electrodes. |
| Escutcheon |
A thing that is used
together with some decade counting tubes for indicating the displayed
value.. |
| Excitron |
A single-anode mercury
pool tube that is designed to maintain a continuous cathode spot |
| Fetron |
Solid
state tube (?) |
| Flatron |
Flat panel data displays from LG
Electronic |
| Gammatron |
A gas discharge tube (TR-switch) type 6322 from Heinz & Kaufmann |
| Graphecon |
Storage CRT
type 7539 made by RCA in 1949.
More info here. |
| Gyrotron |
Microwave oscillator in the range of 82-118 GHz. |
|
Haltron |
An old tube manufacturer |
| Healotron |
An instrument for healing infections by a stream of ozone ions |
| Helitron |
Tube oscillator microwave |
| Heptode |
A tube with seven electrodes. |
| Hexode |
A tube with six electrodes. |
| Hivicon |
Camera tube. |
|
Hydrogen |
Gas used in some thyratrons. |
|
Hytron |
An old tube manufacturer |
|
Iatron |
Electrostatic CRT with storage flood gun
system. 7423 |
| Iconoscope |
Camera tube |
|
Ignitron |
Cold cathode rectifier.
More info
HERE
at Mike's Electric Stuff. |
| Image-Iconoscope |
An improved version of the Iconoscope |
| Image-Orthicon |
An improved version of the Orthicon |
| IOT |
Inductive Output Tube |
| Isotron |
Isotope separation device |
| Kenopliotron |
Kenopliotron contains a diode and a triode. The diode's anode is connected
to the triode's cathode internally. Many thanks to Nusret Suzme for the
translation from Turkish. |
| Kenotron |
A kenotron is a high-voltage rectifier |
| Kinescope |
Another name for TV picture tube |
| Klystron |
Microwave device |
|
Krypton |
Inert gas |
|
Krytron |
Krytrons are a highly specialized variety
of cold cathode trigger tube
More info
HERE
at Mike's Electric Stuff |
| Lithocon |
A storage tube made by Princeton Electronic Products Inc in the 1970's. |
| Magnetron |
Microwave device |
| Megatron |
1. An electron tube having
disk-shaped electrodes arranged in closely spaced parallel layers, to give
low interelectrode capacitance along with high power output, up to 2500
megahertz. Also known as lighthouse tube
2.
Was also once upon a time a tube maker in The Netherlands (Hilversum) |
| MERB |
Multi Element Radial Beam Tube, used in sonar equipment during WWII.
(Thanks Tom) |
| Microtron |
Pulsed particle accelerator |
| Milkotron |
A tube built into a milk bottle. |
| Minitron |
Another
name for Numitron |
| Mnemotron |
An early version of a Dekatron |
|
Monoscope |
Fixed pattern test picture generator, e.g.
RCA 2F21 |
| Monotron |
Another name for Monoscope |
| Negatron |
See Dynatron |
|
Neon |
Inert gas used in Nixie tubes. Welcome to
Neon University |
|
Neotron |
An old tube manufacturer |
| Neutron |
An elementary particle
which has approximately the same mass as the proton but lacks electric
charge |
| Nevitron |
A type of single-anode mercury-arc rectifier made by Nevidia Electric co |
| Newvicon |
Camera tube. Registered
trademark of Matsushita. The tube was originally developed by Philips as an
improved form of Vidicon. Newvicons are characterized by a high light
sensitivity. The spectral response of the photoconductive target extends
into the near infrared range. |
| Nixie |
Short for Numeric Indicator eXperimental |
| Nomotron |
A gasfilled decade counting tube made by STC (CVX2223/G10-241E), similar to
a Dekatron, |
| Nonode |
A tube with nine electrodes, sometimes called Enneode. |
| NTSC |
National Televisions System Committee
(aka Never The Same Color). Another interpretation is "Not Transmitted Sub
Carrier", thanks Godfrey. |
| Nullode |
A tube
without any electrodes, used as T/R switch in radar systems. |
| Numitron |
Display tube from RCA with seven filaments |
| Nuvistor |
A very
small electron tube with metal envelope |
| Octode |
A tube with eight electrodes. |
|
Omegatron |
Mass spectrometer tube Philips 56006. |
| Ophitron |
Registered trademark for an electrostatically focused backward wave
oscillator from GEC M-O Valve, thanks John. |
| Orthicon |
Camera tube |
| Oscillite |
CRT made by Farnsworth ca 1930 (p.59
The CRT) |
| Oxytron |
Danish tube manufacturer |
| Ozotron |
Mike Harrison tells us: It's a
very sensitive device for detecting small amounts of halogen gases,
consisting of 2 concentric cylinders, the inner one heated to 800 deg.C.
When a high voltage is applied to the outer one, an increase in current
will occur if there is any halogen gas (>1ppm) in the air between the
cylinders. Made by EEV. |
| PAL |
Phase Alternate Line (aka Pay Another License), color TV system developed by Dr Walter Burst, sorry I
mean Bruch, at Telefunken. |
| Panaplex |
Burroughs cold-cathode neon display tube featuring eight or ten
seven-segment digits |
| Pandicon |
Philips
registered trade mark for a multiplexed display tube (ZM1200/02/04/06) |
| Parametron |
Element of logic circuit invented by Eiichi Goto in 1954 |
| Pasecon |
Registered trademark of the
Heimann division of EG&G. This is a highly sensitive camera tube with low
dark current and excellent signal uniformity and resolution. |
| Penetron |
CRT with voltage-sensitive penetration
phosphor (p.81 The CRT) |
| Pentatron |
Double triode (https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_pentatron-2fach.html) |
| Pentode |
A tube with five electrodes. |
| Perceptron |
A learning algorithm (neural network) |
| Permatron |
Magnetically controlled mercury rectifier. |
| Phanotron |
Rectifier
tube for HF currents |
| Phantasatron |
A strange tube presented by Eitel-McCullough
on April, 1, 1950. |
| Phantastron |
Oscillator tube or timer |
| Phasitron |
A tube (2H21) for FM transmiters, more info
here. |
| Phasmajector |
Another name for Monoscope |
| Photikon |
P.E.S-Photikon, an improved version
of the Image-Iconoscope |
| Pixie |
A type of Nixie tube from Burroughs |
| Plasmatron |
Continuous control discharge gas tube |
| Platinotron |
Cross-field amplifier |
| Pliotron |
One type of triodes descibed by Irving Langmuir
and Saul Dushman, together with Mr. William C. White. These tubes are
exhausted to an exceedingly high vacuum by an elaborate process. |
| Plumbicon |
Philips
registered trade mark for a camera tube. Target surface PbO. |
| Politron |
Some kind of tube made in
Russia.
Politron is an electronic-beam
device with electrostatic control of beam of slow (non-reletavistic)
electrones. Those electrones posses electron-mechanical dualism properties,
ie simulteneously have properties of both electrical and mechanical
particles of quantum mechanics domain. Initially device was created as
electrically controlled non-linear or functional convertor of current or voltage in wide
band of frequiencies from 0 to 30 MHz. However, it appears during exploration, that
the device has a phenomenal properties related to information conversion.
Those properties still do not have strict
mathematical description, but this does not limit practical usage of the device.
|
| Polytron |
Tube brand registered by Dr. G. O. Spanner, GmbH (https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_polytron-4fach.html) |
| Positron |
An elementary particle
with mass equal to that of the electron, and positive charge equal in
magnitude to the electron's negative charge. |
| Primicon |
The Primicon is a high quality medical
grade tube developed by Thomson. Primicon tubes have high resolution and
good lag characteristics. |
| Proton |
An elementary particle
that is the positively charged constituent of ordinary matter and, together
with the neutron, is a building block of all atomic nuclei |
|
Purotron |
Was a tube maker in the USA |
|
Radechon |
The CRT 6499 from RCA is
a Radechon. More info here. |
|
Redifon |
Analog computer for radar display ? |
| Reflectron |
Type of time-of-flight mass spectrometer |
| Resistron |
The Resistron is a Vidicon type camera
tube. It is suited for routine medical diagnostic procedures, since it provides high
contrast with excellent resolution. |
| Resnatron |
A
microwave-beam tetrode containing cavity resonators, used chiefly for
generating large amounts of continuous power at high frequencies. More info
HERE. |
| Saticon |
Camera
tube, made by Heimann in Germany. Originally
developed by Hitachi, this tube is licensed for manufacture by several firms,
including Thomson and Heimann. The Saticon is a high quality, balanced tube
providing high resolution and excellent contrast. It is slightly more laggy
than a Plumbicon. It is well suited for the pick-up of quick moving images. |
| SECAM |
French color TV system |
|
Selectron |
A binary memory tube from RCA. |
| Senditron |
A senditron is a quick acting
switch able to carry currents up to several thousand amps. |
| Silicon |
A common chemical element abundant in ordinary sand,
and the primary substance from which glass (as used in constructing
the outer envelope of most vacuum tubes) is made.
|
| Skiatron |
Dark trace storage tube made by RCA in
1944 (p.76 The CRT) |
| Spectracon |
Some kind of Image Tube. |
|
Sprytron |
Otherwise known as the Vacuum Krytron
More info
HERE
at Mike's Electric Stuff |
| Stabilotron |
Cross-field amplifier |
| Strobotron |
A gas-filled cathode-ray tube that produces bright flashes of light for
a stroboscope. |
| Surfatron |
Plasma source composed of a microwave cavity around a plasma-quartz tube |
| Synchrotron |
Electron accelerator |
| Tacitron |
Low noise thyratron |
| Technetron |
Ancestor of the field effect transistor invented by the Polish Stanislas
Teszner |
| Teleion |
Gas discharge relay valve, thanks John. |
| Tetrode |
A tube with four electrodes |
| Tfk |
Short for Telefunken |
|
Thyratron
|
Electronic switch usually a gas filled
triode or tetrode
More info
HERE
at Mike's Electric Stuff |
| Thyrode |
Geiger-Müller type counting tube 6306 made
by Victoreen. |
| Tonotron |
Direct view CRT for storage of halftone
images, Hughes Aircraft 1956 (a picture can be found on p.79
The CRT) |
| Transitron |
Circuit
whose action depends on the negative transconductance of the suppressor grid
of a pentode with respect to the screen grid. |
| Trigatron |
A kind of thyratron. More
info HERE
at Mike's Electric Stuff |
| Triode |
A tube with three electrodes |
| Trinicon |
Sony
registered trade mark for a Color TV camera tube.
Here is
a description of the Sony DXC-1600 one tube color camera. |
| Trinitron |
Sony
registered trade mark for a Color TV picture tube developed 1968. |
| Trinoscope |
CRT for a color-TV system developed by RCA
1946 (p. 172 The CRT) |
|
Triotron |
An old tube maker. |
| Trochotron |
A (beam switching) electron tube in which a
magnetic field causes the electrons to travel in trochoidal paths. Used in
decade counter tube from LME. |
| Tunoscope |
Tungsram's
name on their "magic eye" ME4 |
| Typotron |
A Charactron with a storage tube screen
structure (p. 197 The CRT) |
| Ultor |
Another name for the final accelerator electrode in a CRT. |
|
Ultron |
An old tube manufacturer |
| Utilicon |
Image
Dissector, a rare type of imaging tube. |
| Vacuum |
What most electron tubes are filled with more or less ;-) |
| Vapotron |
An
innovative anode cooled by water vaporization, developed by Charles
Beurtheret of Thomson-Houston in 1950. |
|
Velocitron |
A Klystron from Klystronics Inc. |
| Vidicon |
Camera tube, target surface Sb2S3 |
| Wamoscope |
Sylvania Travelling Wave Amplifier CRT, see
The CRT,
page 81. |
|
Xenon |
Inert gas used in some thyratrons |
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Do you know any more fancy names ?
Your contribution to this page is most welcome.
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