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US2231676A
US2231676A US158375A US15837537A US2231676A US 2231676 A US2231676 A US 2231676A US 158375 A US158375 A US 158375A US 15837537 A US15837537 A US 15837537A US 2231676 A US2231676 A US 2231676A
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  • This invention relates to electric amplifiers of the type which function through a plurality of secondary electron emissive electrodes immersed in suitable electromagnetic and electrostatic control fields to increase the amplitude of the impulses which it is desired to amplify, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved apparatus and method of operation whereby such amplifiers are simplified in structure and rendered more reliable in operation.
  • Such amplifiers ordinarily include a plurality of suitably spaced secondary electron emissive electrodes which are mounted in an evacuated container and are subjected to electrostatic and magnetic fields for controlling the path of the electrons between the various electrodes or stages.
  • the magnetic control field may be produced by a permanent or electromagnet surrounding the evacuated container.
  • the electrostatic control field is commonly applied between the secondary electron emissive elec trodes and associated control or deflecting electrodes which do not receive the electrons but serve to accelerate them to the next successive secondary electron emissive electrode.
  • each successive emissive electrode is subjected to a higher potential and receives the electrons emitted by the previous electrodes and the electron output from the last electrode is delivered to the utilization circuit.
  • the amplifier is improved and simplified by the provision of a cylindrical container wherein an axially mounted accelerating electrode is surrounded by a plurality of cylindrically-arranged emissive electrodes which may be spaced circumferentially by distances dependent on their operating voltages or may be interconnected through resistance material applied to the inner surface of the container.
  • the emissive electrodes may be spaced circumferentially by equal distances and each associated with a different supplementary accelerating electrode element mounted on a central or axial support.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an amplifier or electron multiplier of prior art construction
  • Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively vertical and horizontal sectional views of the improved amplifier
  • Fig. 4 illustrates an arrangement wherein both 1 0' the electron emissive electrodes and their interposed resistance elements are applied directly to the interior surface of the container.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates an arrangement wherein the electron emissive electrodes are mounted on a 113 resistance layer applied to the inner surface of the container
  • Fig. 6 illustrates the emissive electrodes as differently spaced about the inner surface of the container
  • Fig. 7 illustrates the emissive electrodes as equally spaced circumferentially about a plurality of accelerating electrode elements.
  • the prior art device of Fig. 1 includes an evacuated container ll] within which is mounted a cathode II from which electrons are transmitted to an anode I2 through a path which includes the emissive surfaces of a plurality electrodes I3, l4, I5 and I6.
  • a cathode II from which electrons are transmitted to an anode I2 through a path which includes the emissive surfaces of a plurality electrodes I3, l4, I5 and I6.
  • the accelerating electrode ll which is paired with the cathode H is connected to the electrode I3,
  • the improved device of Figs. 2 and 3 includes a container H] which is surrounded by an electromagnet 28 or is provided with other suitable means for producing a magnetic field which is substantially parallel to the container axis.
  • a container H which is surrounded by an electromagnet 28 or is provided with other suitable means for producing a magnetic field which is substantially parallel to the container axis.
  • Mounted axially of the container in is an accelerating electrode l2 surrounded by a plurality 55 of cylindrically arranged electron emissive electrodes II, I3, I4, I5, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 31 which are preferably attached to the inner surface of the container.
  • the electrode I2 in this case is connected to the electrode 31, which is the last electrode in point of electron travel.
  • each electrode adds its quota of secondarily emitted electrons and the total output may be derived from a suitable connection as indicated in connection with Fig. 1.
  • the impulses to be amplified may be applied to the electrode II in the form of light 29 which is transmitted through a lens 38 mounted in an aperture of the electromagnet 28.
  • suitable leads are provided in the base 39 of the container ID for applying potential to the various electrodes and that the accelerating electrode may be brought out at the container top as indicated at 40.
  • be interposed between the electrodes II and 37.
  • Figs. 4 and the resistance units 23, 24, etc. may be made in the form of a resistive coating which is applied to the inner surface of the container between the electrodes or alternatively the electrodes II, I3, I4, etc., may be suitably mounted on a resistive coating 42 (Fig. 5) applied to the inner surface of the container.
  • a resistive coating 42 Fig. 5
  • These electrode-resistor arrangements have the obvious advantage that they render possible a more sturdy and compact unit which is especially desirable in connection with sound reproducers and the like.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates a modified electrode assembly wherein the spacing between the electrodes de creases as the interelectrode potential increases.
  • This arrangement has the advantage that the electrode spacing is somewhat accommodated to the strength of the electrostatic field which becomes progressively weaker with each successive electrode starting at the negative terminal.
  • each successive resistive coating be made thinner or that different resistance materials be utilized for the different in-terelectrode coatings.
  • the central accelerating electrode I2 may be divided into accelerating electrodes II, I3, I4, I5, 32', 33, and 34'.
  • the arrangement is so made that the center part I2 of the accelerating electrode arrangement is metallic or consists of an insulating material. In a convenient way, a metal is employed for this.
  • Accelerating electrodes II, I3, etc. are attached on this supporting body I2 in an insulated arrangement.
  • the individual accelerating electrodes can be wires or the like. Attention should be paid to the fact that they have an arrangement, insulating them against supporting body I2 and the individual accelerating electrodes. Furthermore, it is important that the construction is stable, so that accelerating electrode elements can not move out of their stationary portion.
  • the voltage of the individual accelerating electrode elements is so selected that the voltage of accelerating electrode II' is identical to the voltage of multiplying electrode I3, and that the voltage of accelerating electrode I3 is identical to the voltage of multiplying electrode I4, etc., i. e., the in- 5 dividual accelerating electrodes, consequently, possess the potential of the immediately following electrode.
  • the magnet is placed around the glass cylinder shown, and in this case it is quite obvious that under the influence of the electric field and of the magnetic field the electrons must follow the course, as illustrated by the arrows.
  • the last electrode 31 is advantageously designed in the style indicated by dotted lines.
  • which has a zero potential may be provided to prevent the high voltage of anode 37 from acting on electrode II.
  • the accelerating electrode I2 it is not necessary to design the accelerating electrode I2 with the small dimensions shown, but it can be chosen considerably larger, and it must only be taken care that there is a hole for the passage of the light in electrode I2. If center part I2 of this multi-part accelerating electrode is then supplied with ground potential, one can be sure that the voltages of the individual parts of the electrodes have no injurious influence on one another. Furthermore, it is possible, according to the invention, to use, instead of the partial accelerating electrodes shown, only a few that are correctly distributed on the circumference of part I2 and to which the voltage is so assigned that the electrons again follow the prescribed correct course.
  • An electron-multiplier comprising a container, an accelerating electrode mounted axially of said container, a plurality of spaced apart electron emissive electrodes and an anode mounted in successive array around the inner surface of said container and substantially equal distances from said accelerating electrode, means for causing successively higher potentials to be applied to said emissive electrodes and anode as determined by the direction of electron travel said emissive electrodes and said anode being progressively spaced closer together in accordance with said increased Voltage.
  • An electron multiplier comprising a container having a central axis, a plurality of elec tron emissive electrodes and an anode mounted in spaced circumferential relation around the inner surface of said container, a plurality of accelerating electrodes paired with said emissive electrodes mounted parallel to and at equal radial distances from said central axis, means for causing successively higher potentials to be applied to said emissive and anode electrodes as determined by the direction of electron travel, and means for causing each of said accelerating electrodes to be subjected to a voltage corresponding respectively to the voltage of the emissive electrode of the following pair.

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Cited By (9)

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US2807741A (en) * 1954-04-13 1957-09-24 Du Mont Allen B Lab Inc Electron multiplier
US2971156A (en) * 1956-12-12 1961-02-07 Gasaccumulator Svenska Ab Arrangement for phase measurement on light oscillations
US3239709A (en) * 1962-06-26 1966-03-08 Rca Corp Electron multiplier having electrostatic field shaping electrodes
US3322978A (en) * 1963-11-29 1967-05-30 United Aircraft Corp Hall effect thermionic converter battery
US3390264A (en) * 1964-12-04 1968-06-25 Dow Chemical Co Ion source and accelerator assembly for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer
US3394252A (en) * 1964-12-04 1968-07-23 Dow Chemical Co Time-of-flight mass spectrometry apparatus having a plurality of chambers with electrically resistive coatings
US3454809A (en) * 1966-03-02 1969-07-08 Itt Circular electron multiplier and permeable anode
US3617740A (en) * 1968-10-08 1971-11-02 High Voltage Engineering Corp Modular electron source for uniformly irradiating the surface of a product
US4086487A (en) * 1976-09-30 1978-04-25 International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation Coplanar dynode electron multiplier

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2807741A (en) * 1954-04-13 1957-09-24 Du Mont Allen B Lab Inc Electron multiplier
US2971156A (en) * 1956-12-12 1961-02-07 Gasaccumulator Svenska Ab Arrangement for phase measurement on light oscillations
US3239709A (en) * 1962-06-26 1966-03-08 Rca Corp Electron multiplier having electrostatic field shaping electrodes
US3322978A (en) * 1963-11-29 1967-05-30 United Aircraft Corp Hall effect thermionic converter battery
US3390264A (en) * 1964-12-04 1968-06-25 Dow Chemical Co Ion source and accelerator assembly for a time-of-flight mass spectrometer
US3394252A (en) * 1964-12-04 1968-07-23 Dow Chemical Co Time-of-flight mass spectrometry apparatus having a plurality of chambers with electrically resistive coatings
US3454809A (en) * 1966-03-02 1969-07-08 Itt Circular electron multiplier and permeable anode
US3617740A (en) * 1968-10-08 1971-11-02 High Voltage Engineering Corp Modular electron source for uniformly irradiating the surface of a product
US4086487A (en) * 1976-09-30 1978-04-25 International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation Coplanar dynode electron multiplier

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