GB923183A - Improvements in and relating to indirectly-heated cathodes - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to indirectly-heated cathodes

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Publication number
GB923183A
GB923183A GB13666/60A GB1366660A GB923183A GB 923183 A GB923183 A GB 923183A GB 13666/60 A GB13666/60 A GB 13666/60A GB 1366660 A GB1366660 A GB 1366660A GB 923183 A GB923183 A GB 923183A
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cathode
filament
switch
voltage
rate
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GB13666/60A
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Varian Medical Systems Inc
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Eitel Mccullough Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/13—Solid thermionic cathodes
    • H01J1/20—Cathodes heated indirectly by an electric current; Cathodes heated by electron or ion bombardment
    • H01J1/22—Heaters
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J1/00—Details of electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge tubes or lamps
    • H01J1/02—Main electrodes
    • H01J1/13—Solid thermionic cathodes
    • H01J1/135—Circuit arrangements therefor, e.g. for temperature control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03F—AMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/02—Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with tubes only

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microwave Tubes (AREA)
  • Solid Thermionic Cathode (AREA)

Abstract

923,183. Thermionic cathodes. EITELMcCULLOUGH Inc. April 19, 1960 [July 16, 1959], No. 13666/60. Class 39 (1). [Also in Group XI] In an electron tube comprising an indirectlyheated cathode 11, the heating filament 17 is caused to emit electrons and a time decreasing voltage is applied between the filament and cathode to cause time decreasing electron bombardment of the cathode, whereby the cathode is quickly raised to its emissive temperature. The filament may be a helix of thoriated tungsten or tungsten, with a carburized coating, arranged in a cylindrical cathode cup, Fig. 1 (not shown). As shown, a capacitor 23 is connected between filament and cathode, and is charged from a D.C. voltage source through a resistor 24 at a rate which approximates the rate at which the cathode loses heat during a cooling cycle, so that switch 31 may be omitted. Initially, switch 29 is in the position shown so that a relatively high voltage is applied across filament 17 causing electron emission. After 0.25 secs. the filament heating voltage is reduced, by movement of switch 29, to a value sufficient to maintain cathode 11 at its operating temperature, electron emission from the filament gradually ceasing.
GB13666/60A 1959-07-16 1960-04-19 Improvements in and relating to indirectly-heated cathodes Expired GB923183A (en)

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US827598A US2996643A (en) 1959-07-16 1959-07-16 Art of heating electron tube cathodes

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GB923183A true GB923183A (en) 1963-04-10

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US (1) US2996643A (en)
CH (1) CH366602A (en)
FR (1) FR1262893A (en)
GB (1) GB923183A (en)
NL (1) NL250741A (en)

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FR1262893A (en) 1961-06-05
CH366602A (en) 1963-01-15
NL250741A (en)
US2996643A (en) 1961-08-15

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