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US2414622A
US2414622A US435536A US43553642A US2414622A US 2414622 A US2414622 A US 2414622A US 435536 A US435536 A US 435536A US 43553642 A US43553642 A US 43553642A US 2414622 A US2414622 A US 2414622A
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Jr Ward W Watrous
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
    • H01J17/02—Details
    • H01J17/30—Igniting arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T2/00—Spark gaps comprising auxiliary triggering means
    • H01T2/02—Spark gaps comprising auxiliary triggering means comprising a trigger electrode or an auxiliary spark gap

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  • This invention relates to switches for high frequency waves which automatically shorts out on the transmitted pulse and opens during the received pulse.
  • the invention has especial reference to employment with apparatus for location of aircraft or other objects by use of reflected waves, the switch comprisin a spark gap between two electrodes within a gas-filled envelope.
  • Such switches as heretofore made and used have had a r la y very short life, failing in the neighborhood of 60 hours life. Inasmuch as failure may occur at a very critical moment, long and reliable operation is essential, Study of the prior art switches shows the usual type of failure is the result of bridging of the electrodes at the gap area by an accumulated sputtering of the electrode material. Other instances have shown the sputtering to have made a conductive path between electrodes upon the inner surface of the envelope.
  • the basic object of the present invention is to provide a switch which overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a switch having very long life.
  • a further object is to provide a switch wherein the sputtering is controlled and rendered harmless.
  • an object of the invention is to provide an electrode and condition for attracting sputtered particles thereto.
  • Figure 1 is a sectional perspective of my invention in one embodiment thereof;
  • Figure 2 is a similar view of a portion of a switch of the present invention, showing a difierent electrode structure
  • FIG. 3 is a further modified construction of switch embodying the invention.
  • the outer ends of the electrodes are suitably carried by and sealed with respect to the envelope such that electrical connections may be made thereto at the exterior of the envelope.
  • the outer ends of said electrodes are secured in thimbles l4 inner edges of which are sealed in the glass in approved manner.
  • anode I5 Offset from the two said electrodes and opposite the gap I3, is a third electrode which for convenience will be termed an anode I5.
  • said anode is a disc the plane of which is parallel to the axis of the spark-gap electrodes ll, l2, A high positive potential is applied between said anode and the spark-gap electrodes.
  • the device is the same as that of Figure 1.
  • the anode [5a of Figure 2 while also generally disc shaped and situated as in the previously described form, is of foraminous material.
  • the envelope I0 is appropriately sealed with respect to a lead-in support l6 for the anode.
  • a cylindrical anode 15b is provided coaxial with the spark-gap electrodes ll, 12, said anode also constituting part of the envelope Illb.
  • the thimbles I 4 at the outer ends of the spark-gap electrodes seal with respect to a pair of glass or other insulative cylinder I! which are coaxial with the electrodes and which are sealed at their inwardly directed edges to opposite ends of said cylindrical anode. Since the outer wall of the cylindrical anode [5b in this case is exposed to the exterior, circuit connection for applyin the high positive potential thereto may b made by any suitable means as by soldering a lead wire l8 thereto.
  • the envelope is preferably evacuated and refilled with a suitable gas, of which the various inert gases, such as nitrogen, argon, helium, neon, etc., are examples, as well as others of more active character, such as hydrogen,
  • a suitable gas of which the various inert gases, such as nitrogen, argon, helium, neon, etc., are examples, as well as others of more active character, such as hydrogen,
  • the gas employed is preferably at approximately atmospheric pressure.
  • the potential is sufiiciently high to produce ionization
  • the gas within the envelope changes state, resulting in free electrons, negative ions and positive ions being produced.
  • the electrons and negative ions attach themselves to particles of electrode material which sputter from the spark-gap electrodes. The result is that these particles take on a negative charge and are drawn to the so-called anode due to the action of the electric field.
  • the said anode accordingly acts as a collecting plate, it being located in each instance at a point remote from but opposite the spark-gap of the main electrodes. Where heretofore that accumulation had remained between and pyramided from one electrode to the other, it is, by the present invention not only drawn away from the spark gap, but is accumulated upon a metal part, namely, the so-called anode, where it is harmless. Likewise, while in the prior art much of the sputtered material roamed within the envelope and finally or immediately deposited on the glass wall, ultimately forming a short-circuit path between electrodes, it is controlled in accordance with the present invention and drawn to the anode where itremains and accordingly does not deposit on the glass. Shorting either across the spark gap or via the glass wall is thus definitely prevented.
  • a stub line of an odd number of quarter wave lengths connecting across the spark-gap terminals with a midpoint to ground and the ends of the line approaching infinity may be used as one terminal of the D. C. supply to the two main electrodes without affecting the distribution of the radio frequency power in the main transmission line.
  • anode or third electrode may be the control of breakdown across the main or sparkgap electrodes by adjusting the magnitude of the current between the electrodes and the anode or third electrode. This control will result in a greatly lowered firing potential and increased stability and reliability of the gap.
  • a shorting switch for high frequency comprising a pair of electrodes aligned on a common axis with ends of said electrodes in proximity one to the other and providing a high frequency discharge gap therebetween, means mounting said electrodes electrically insulated from each other, a third electrode in parallelism to said axis of the pair of electrodes and opposite said gap in a direction perpendicular to said axis, and an envelope including parts of all of said electrodes therein, said envelope containing an ionizable gas and said third electrode having a part exposed at the exterior of said envelope connected to a positive direct current potential with respect to one of said pair of electrodes for thereby maintaining an ionization of said gas and a conductive path for high frequency discharge between the electrodes of said pair of electrodes across said ap.
  • a protective means for a low power receiver line to which high power is applied comprising a shorting switch to be connected across said line, said switch having a plurality of electrodes of which two are to be connected to said line, said switch having a third electrode, an envelope enclosing parts of said electrodes, and an ionizable gas in said envelope, all of said electrodes being spaced from each other, and a source of direct current potential providing positive and negative polarity with the negative polarity of said source connected to both of said two electrodes and with the positive polarity of said source connected to said third electrode for thereby maintaining ionizedv shorting path for high power across said two electrodes and the line.
  • a protective means for a low power receiver line to which high power is applied comprising a shorting switch to be connected across said line, said switch having a plurality of electrodes of which two are to be connected to said line, and provide a spark gap therebetween for passing high power, said switch having a third electrode offset from and opposite said spark gap, an envelope enclosing parts of said electrodes, and an ionizable gas in said envelope, and a source of direct current potential providing positive and negative polarity wrth the negative polarity of said source connected to both of said two electrodes and with the positive polarity of said source connected to said third electrode for thereby maintaining ionized shorting path for high power across said two electrodes and the line.
  • a high-frequency switch comprising a pair of metal end caps having cylindrical flanges directed one toward the other, a cylindrical anode of substantially the same diameter as said flanges and having its opposite ends directed toward said flanges, glass cylinders interposed between said ends of the anode and the respective end flanges and sealed to each, and a pair of alined electrodes within said flanges, anode and glass cylinders and coaxial therewith.
  • a high-frequency switch comprising a pair of metal end caps having cylindrical flanges directed one toward the other, a cylindrical anode of substantially the same diameter as said flanges and having its opposite ends directed toward said flanges, glass cylinders interposed between said ends of the anode and the respective end flanges and sealed to each, and a pair of alined electrodes within said flanges, anodeand glass cylinders and coaxial therewith, said end caps having axial and outwardly extending nipples receiving, supporting and sealing said pair of electrodes in place within said flanges, anode and glass cylinders.

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Cited By (7)

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US2478119A (en) * 1945-04-20 1949-08-02 Gen Motors Corp Gaseous discharge tube
US2569154A (en) * 1948-07-24 1951-09-25 Donath Erwin Electronic discharge device
US2620453A (en) * 1948-05-07 1952-12-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp Protective device
US2697309A (en) * 1949-04-05 1954-12-21 Sylvania Electric Prod Method of making tubular glass-to-metal seals
US3317777A (en) * 1962-08-23 1967-05-02 M O Valve Co Ltd Electric discharge devices
US3388274A (en) * 1966-04-05 1968-06-11 Joslyn Mfg & Supply Co Axial spark gap with a coaxial third electrode adjacent the main axial electrodes
US3535779A (en) * 1966-07-07 1970-10-27 Ajr Electronics Corp Levittown Over-voltage protection techniques

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2478119A (en) * 1945-04-20 1949-08-02 Gen Motors Corp Gaseous discharge tube
US2620453A (en) * 1948-05-07 1952-12-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp Protective device
US2569154A (en) * 1948-07-24 1951-09-25 Donath Erwin Electronic discharge device
US2697309A (en) * 1949-04-05 1954-12-21 Sylvania Electric Prod Method of making tubular glass-to-metal seals
US3317777A (en) * 1962-08-23 1967-05-02 M O Valve Co Ltd Electric discharge devices
US3388274A (en) * 1966-04-05 1968-06-11 Joslyn Mfg & Supply Co Axial spark gap with a coaxial third electrode adjacent the main axial electrodes
US3535779A (en) * 1966-07-07 1970-10-27 Ajr Electronics Corp Levittown Over-voltage protection techniques

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