EP0124395B1 - Elektronenstrahlerzeuger für Mikrowellengeneratoren - Google Patents

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EP0124395B1
EP0124395B1 EP84400614A EP84400614A EP0124395B1 EP 0124395 B1 EP0124395 B1 EP 0124395B1 EP 84400614 A EP84400614 A EP 84400614A EP 84400614 A EP84400614 A EP 84400614A EP 0124395 B1 EP0124395 B1 EP 0124395B1
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J23/00—Details of transit-time tubes of the types covered by group H01J25/00
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    • H01J23/06—Electron or ion guns
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  • the present invention relates to an electron gun for generators of radio waves for microwaves. It relates more particularly to an electron gun providing an electron beam propagating along cycloidal paths intended for use in microwave generators of the masers type with cyclotron resonance.
  • cyclotronic resonance masers such as gyrotrons
  • a beam of electrons coming from an electron gun propagates along helical paths while being guided by a uniform magnetic field directed along the axis of the helix.
  • the beam then crosses an electromagnetic cavity resonating at a frequency f o close to a multiple of the cyclotronic frequency, cavity in which the transverse speed components of the electrons interact with a transverse electric field component of the wave to give them their energy.
  • the beam propagates essentially parallel to the magnetic field. Now the interaction taking place with the transverse velocity component vL of the electrons, the parallel velocity component v // therefore corresponds to an unused energy.
  • electron guns of the type comprising a conical cathode, and a conical axial anode subjected to an axial magnetic field, used in cyclotron resonance masers such as gyrotrons, are not suitable.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a new type of electron gun capable of providing an electron beam propagating along a cycloidal trajectory in a transverse magnetic field under the effect of a drift speed due to a continuous electric field. with specific characteristics.
  • an electron gun for generators of radio waves for microwave frequencies of the type comprising a so-called sole electrode being at a negative or zero potential and an anode, produced by plates facing each other and brought to two different potentials of so as to create between them a continuous electric field as well as a cathode positioned in the extension of the hearth and brought to the same potential as the latter, the cathode injecting an electron beam into the space between the hearth and the anode, the assembly being subjected to a magnetic field transverse to the directions of the beam and of the electric field characterized in that, in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field, at least one of the electrodes has a divergent profile relative to the other electrode so the distance between electrodes is increasing from the catode to the outside of the barrel so as to provide an electron beam propagating along a cyclic path o ⁇ dal whose arches tighten under the effect of a speed of drift of the electrons lower than the speed of rotation.
  • the electron gun according to the present invention is constituted by a cathode 1 and by two electrodes 2, 3 brought to different potentials so as to create between these two electrodes 2, 3 a continuous electric field E c .
  • the electrode 2 called the sole is brought to a negative or zero potential while the electrode 3 called the anode is brought to a positive potential V.
  • the cathode 1 is located in the extension of the sole 2 and is brought to the same potential as this electrode.
  • This cathode 1 comprises for example a filament 4 connected to a voltage so as to obtain, during the heating of the cathode, the emission of electrons.
  • one of the electrodes namely the anode 3 in the embodiment of Figure 1
  • the two electrodes can be produced using copper plates, one of which has been suitably profiled.
  • the profile of the curved electrode is chosen so that the angle a formed by said profile with the median plane of the electrodes is such that the distance between the two electrodes varies little over a length corresponding to twice the radius of Larmor r L.
  • the whole of the electron gun is subjected to a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane of the figure, of which a few lines of force are represented by crosses.
  • This magnetic field is created, for example, from two superconductive coils positioned on either side of the electrodes 2, 3 according to the Helmholz control. For the purpose of simplification, these coils have not been shown in the drawing.
  • the anode 3 must therefore have, relative to the cathode, a potential at least 4 times greater than the energy of rotation of the electrons which is usable in the cyclotronic interaction.
  • FIG. 2 shows another embodiment of the electron gun of the present invention.
  • the sole 2 ' has a curved profile symmetrical to that of the anode 3 with respect to the median plane. This particular shape gives a drift in a constant direction along the median plane.
  • FIG. 3 represents an alternative embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the cathode 1 is positioned in the extension of the sole 2 but in a plane forming an angle between -45 ° and -180 ° relative to the plane sole 2.
  • the anode is then extended by a curved profile so as to cover the cathode.
  • the starting speed of the electrons is in the opposite direction to the drift speed, which makes it possible to reduce the potential difference to be applied between the anode 3 and the cathode 1.
  • the electron guns according to the present invention can be used not only in the new types of cyclotron resonance masers mentioned in the introduction but also in microwave tubes requiring injection of an electron beam according to a cycloidal trajectory.

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1. ElektronenkanonefürMikrowellengeneratoren, mit einer Basiselektrode (2), die sich auf negativem oder Nullpotential befindet, und einer Anode, die von einander gegenüberliegenden und auf zwei unterschiedliche Potentiale gebrachten Platten gebildet werden, so dass sich zwischen ihnen ein elektrisches Gleichfeld ausbildet, sowie mit einer Kathode (1), die in der Verlängerung der Basiselektrode (2) liegt und auf dasselbe Potential wie diese gebracht ist, wobei die Kathode einen Elektronenstrahl in den Raum zwischen der Basiselektrode und der Anode sendet und die ganze Anordnung einem Magnetfeld ausgesetzt ist, das sowohl zur Strahlrichtung als auch zur Richtung des elektrischen Gleichfelds quer verläuft, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in der zum Magnetfeld senkrechten Ebene mindestens eine (3) der Elektroden ein divergierendes Profil bezüglich der anderen Elektrode besitzt, derart, dass der Elektrodenabstand von der Kathode (1) nach aussen hin zunimmt, so dass ein Elektronenstrahl erzeugt wird, der sich in Zykloidform fortpflanzt, wobei die Zykloidbögen unter dem Einfluss einer Elektronendriftgeschwindigkeit enger werden, die niedriger als die Drehgeschwindigkeit ist.
2. Elektronenkanone nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Basiselektrode (2) und die Anode (3) bezüglich ihrer Mittelebene symmetrisch verlaufen.
3. Elektronenkanone nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Produkt aus der zwischen den beiden Elektroden (2,3; 21, 3) anliegenden Potentialdifferenz AV und der Elektronenladung e mindestens viermal grösser als die Rotationsenergie Wr der Elektronen, ausgedrückt in Elektronenvolt, ist.
4. Elektronenkanone nach einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Anode (3) oberhalb der Basiselektrode angeordnet ist und dass die Kathode (1) in der Verlängerung der Basiselektrode (2) nach unten gemäss einer Ebene liegt, die einen Winkel zwischen -45° und -180° mit der Ebene der Basiselektrode (2) einschliesst, so dass den Elektronen eine zur Driftgeschwindigkeit entgegengerichtete Anfangsgeschwindigkeit verliehen wird.
EP84400614A 1983-04-06 1984-03-27 Elektronenstrahlerzeuger für Mikrowellengeneratoren Expired EP0124395B1 (de)

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FR8305603A FR2544127B1 (fr) 1983-04-06 1983-04-06 Canon a electrons pour generateurs d'ondes radioelectriques pour hyperfrequences
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