US2348814A - Rectifier for voltage duplicating circuits - Google Patents
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- H02M7/02—Conversion of ac power input into dc power output without possibility of reversal
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- Fig. 1 shows the circuit diagram of a rectifier system known as the Greinacher circuit
- Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section through one embodiment according to this invention.
- FIG. 1 which shows a known rectifier system
- reference numeral l indicates a first rectifier valve having a cathode 2 and an anode 3
- reference numeral 4 denotes a second rectifier valve including a cathode 5 and an anode 6.
- These two high tension valves or valve systems I and 4 are connected in series, that is, the anode 3 of the first valve system i is electrically connected with the cathode 5 of the second system 4. It has been proposed and readily realized to provide these two valve systems in one single discharge vessel common thereto.
- This is realized according to the invention by the use of a cathode of thoriated tungsten or of tungsten which has been covered with a layer of thorium oxide.
- a cathode of the above mentioned kind operates, at considerably higher temperatures than the cathodes heretofore employed for similar purposes, i. e., cathode consisting of an oxide of a metal selected from the group of the alkaline earths.
- cathodes of thoriated tungsten or of cathodes of tungsten with a coating of thorium oxide will now be considered.
- the cathode activating substance such as thorium
- the deposition of the thorium vapors on the anode no substantial back-current is allowed to flow from the anode 3 to the cathode 2 since the suitable operating temperature of the cathanode is insufficient to cause an appreciable emission of thorium toward the cathode 2.
- the actual anode 3 must be so dimensioned that the cathanode by heat radiating from the cathode 2 assumes an operating temperature ranging between 750 and 800 degrees centigrate.
- the thoriated tungsten or the thorium constituting the cathode must be heated to such a high temperature that the cathanode assumes a temperature at which the alkaline earth carbonates forming the coating of the cathanode are disintegrated into oxides.
- the walls of the cathanode must be of such thickness that no diffusion of barium with the metal forming this member takes place. For example, if the cathode unit of the cathanode consists of nickel, the thickness of the walls must be in excess of .012 inch.
- Fig. 2 shows a cathode l of thoriated tungsten in the shape of a helix.
- This cathode is surrounded by a cathanode 8 which is fully closed except the two narrow apertures 9 and I0 through which the leads of the cathode 1 project.
- This completely closed structure of the cathanode prevents vapors of alkaline earth metals from entering the interior of the cathanode.
- the coating of an alkaline earth oxide 8' is applied on the surface facing the anode II and consists preferably of a mixture of alkaline earth carbonates.
- the cathanodes 8 has a leadin conductor l2 and the serially connected further anode I l is provided with a lead-in conductor 13.
- the discharge vessel enclosing the electrode system is shown at M.
- An electron discharge device comprising, a cathanode having a central recess and a discharge face which is substantially flat, a flat secondary anode facing said discharge face, and a heating cathode positioned within said central recess and adapted to be heated and in turn to heat said cathanode, said cathode having a discharge layer Which contains thorium, said discharge surface having superior electron emitting characteristics whereby this surface only of the cathanode is activated at the temperature at which the cathanode is maintatined due to the heating by said cathode.
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May 16, 1944. F. HERRIGER 2,348,814
RECTIFIER FOR VOLTAGE DUPLICATING CIRCUITS Filed April 19,1941
QQQQQQQ T Z Inven for Attorney- Patented May 16, 1944 RECTIFIER FOR VOLTAGE DUPLICATING CIRCUITS Felix Herriger, Berlin, Germany; vested in the Alien Property Custodian Application April 19, 194R, Serial No. 389,323 In Germany April 27, 1940 1 Claim.
The present invention relates to rectifiers for voltage duplicating circuits and consists in certain features of novelty which will appear from the following description and be pointed out in the appended claim; reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the circuit diagram of a rectifier system known as the Greinacher circuit, while Fig. 2 is a longitudinal cross-section through one embodiment according to this invention.
Referring to Fig. 1 which shows a known rectifier system, reference numeral l indicates a first rectifier valve having a cathode 2 and an anode 3, while reference numeral 4 denotes a second rectifier valve including a cathode 5 and an anode 6. These two high tension valves or valve systems I and 4 are connected in series, that is, the anode 3 of the first valve system i is electrically connected with the cathode 5 of the second system 4. It has been proposed and readily realized to provide these two valve systems in one single discharge vessel common thereto. It has also been proposed in the past to combine the anode 3 and the cathode 5 in one unit, that is to say, in such manner that the anode 3 simultaneously serves as the supporting member for the electron emitting layer of the cathode 5. Such an arrangement which hereinafter will be defined as a cathanode is obviously advantageous since it does away with the otherwise necessary heating source which must be insulated against high tension voltages, but numerous technical difficulties have been encountered with respect to the design thereof. The essential reason for these difiiculties resides in the fact that the anode surface facing the cathode is rendered active during operation, thereby causing electrons to flow in the blocking direction of the valve, that is, from the anode 3 to the cathode 2, with the result that the cathode is subject to destruction. Investigation carried out in the object to overcome this activation of the anode surface opposing the cathode have not yet led to the desired results.
It is an object of this invention to provide means which are capable of eliminating this undesired activation of the surface of the anode facing the cathode. This is realized according to the invention by the use of a cathode of thoriated tungsten or of tungsten which has been covered with a layer of thorium oxide. A cathode of the above mentioned kind operates, at considerably higher temperatures than the cathodes heretofore employed for similar purposes, i. e., cathode consisting of an oxide of a metal selected from the group of the alkaline earths.
The action of cathodes of thoriated tungsten or of cathodes of tungsten with a coating of thorium oxide will now be considered. During evaporation of the cathode activating substance, such as thorium, and the deposition of the thorium vapors on the anode, no substantial back-current is allowed to flow from the anode 3 to the cathode 2 since the suitable operating temperature of the cathanode is insufficient to cause an appreciable emission of thorium toward the cathode 2. The actual anode 3 must be so dimensioned that the cathanode by heat radiating from the cathode 2 assumes an operating temperature ranging between 750 and 800 degrees centigrate. During its formation, the thoriated tungsten or the thorium constituting the cathode must be heated to such a high temperature that the cathanode assumes a temperature at which the alkaline earth carbonates forming the coating of the cathanode are disintegrated into oxides.
It is an essential matter of design for the correct operation of this device that no vapor of barium may obtain access into the interior of the anode. The walls of the cathanode must be of such thickness that no diffusion of barium with the metal forming this member takes place. For example, if the cathode unit of the cathanode consists of nickel, the thickness of the walls must be in excess of .012 inch.
One embodiment of a device mentioned above is shown in Fig. 2, which shows a cathode l of thoriated tungsten in the shape of a helix. This cathode is surrounded by a cathanode 8 which is fully closed except the two narrow apertures 9 and I0 through which the leads of the cathode 1 project. This completely closed structure of the cathanode prevents vapors of alkaline earth metals from entering the interior of the cathanode. The coating of an alkaline earth oxide 8' is applied on the surface facing the anode II and consists preferably of a mixture of alkaline earth carbonates. The cathanodes 8 has a leadin conductor l2 and the serially connected further anode I l is provided with a lead-in conductor 13. The discharge vessel enclosing the electrode system is shown at M.
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An electron discharge device comprising, a cathanode having a central recess and a discharge face which is substantially flat, a flat secondary anode facing said discharge face, and a heating cathode positioned within said central recess and adapted to be heated and in turn to heat said cathanode, said cathode having a discharge layer Which contains thorium, said discharge surface having superior electron emitting characteristics whereby this surface only of the cathanode is activated at the temperature at which the cathanode is maintatined due to the heating by said cathode.
FELIX HERRIGER.
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US2441792A (en) * | 1944-10-04 | 1948-05-18 | Gen Electric | Stacked electrode assembly for electron discharge devices |
US2444072A (en) * | 1942-10-08 | 1948-06-29 | Raytheon Mfg Co | Gaseous electrical space discharge devices and circuits therefor |
US2450009A (en) * | 1942-05-22 | 1948-09-28 | Standard Telephones Cables Ltd | Multiple stage thermionic valve |
US2552047A (en) * | 1949-04-19 | 1951-05-08 | Rca Corp | Electron discharge device with temperature-stabilized cathode |
US2569474A (en) * | 1945-10-25 | 1951-10-02 | Thomas F Jones | Electrode structure for gaseous discharge devices |
US2585439A (en) * | 1949-06-30 | 1952-02-12 | Rca Corp | Magnetic controlled gas rectifier tube |
US2733348A (en) * | 1956-01-31 | Ion source units | ||
US2953701A (en) * | 1957-09-05 | 1960-09-20 | High Voltage Engineering Corp | Sealed-off diode with electron emitting anode |
US3195058A (en) * | 1963-06-05 | 1965-07-13 | Zygmunt N Hof | Electron tube with anode-heated cathode |
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US2733348A (en) * | 1956-01-31 | Ion source units | ||
US2450009A (en) * | 1942-05-22 | 1948-09-28 | Standard Telephones Cables Ltd | Multiple stage thermionic valve |
US2444072A (en) * | 1942-10-08 | 1948-06-29 | Raytheon Mfg Co | Gaseous electrical space discharge devices and circuits therefor |
US2441792A (en) * | 1944-10-04 | 1948-05-18 | Gen Electric | Stacked electrode assembly for electron discharge devices |
US2569474A (en) * | 1945-10-25 | 1951-10-02 | Thomas F Jones | Electrode structure for gaseous discharge devices |
US2552047A (en) * | 1949-04-19 | 1951-05-08 | Rca Corp | Electron discharge device with temperature-stabilized cathode |
US2585439A (en) * | 1949-06-30 | 1952-02-12 | Rca Corp | Magnetic controlled gas rectifier tube |
US2953701A (en) * | 1957-09-05 | 1960-09-20 | High Voltage Engineering Corp | Sealed-off diode with electron emitting anode |
US3195058A (en) * | 1963-06-05 | 1965-07-13 | Zygmunt N Hof | Electron tube with anode-heated cathode |
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