US2450770A - High-voltage rectifying tube - Google Patents

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US2450770A
US2450770A US721647A US72164747A US2450770A US 2450770 A US2450770 A US 2450770A US 721647 A US721647 A US 721647A US 72164747 A US72164747 A US 72164747A US 2450770 A US2450770 A US 2450770A
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Snijders Marcus Jan
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  • This invention relates to a rectifier tube comprising a filament cathode and a metal vapour filling for use at high voltages that is to say exceeding 500 volts.
  • the cathode In the known tubes of the aforesaid type the cathode is generally coated with barium oxide or with an oxide of other alkaline earth metal in order to ensure a high emission of electrons.
  • These tubes have a limitation in that notwithstanding all kinds of screening measures, the cathode, due to the bombardment by ions, has a life of not more than some few thousands of hours. If the anode voltage exceeds some few thousands of volts, backfiring frequently occurs because the anode starts to emit at those points at which small quantities of barium which have left the cathode by volatilisation are deposited.
  • Non-carbonised tungsten-thorium cathodes have also for a long time been known, used with rare gases as well as with a metal vapour-filling, butthe life of such cathodes is short.
  • a rectifying tube according to the invention is provided with a carbonised tungsten-thorium cathode, the tube being filled with metal vapour.
  • tubes according to the invention have a long life and that there is no probability at all of backfiring due to the presence of active cathode material on the anode. Due to the cathode being surrounded with screens, the required filament current energy does not exceed twice the energy required for a cathode activated with alkaline earth metal oxides.
  • I designates the glass wall of a tube comprising an anode 2, an intermediate electrode 3 and a cathode sleeve 4.
  • the cathode sleeve contains a helical cathode 5.
  • This cathode is made of tungsten having added to it 2% of thoria.
  • This filament wire is carbonised by heating in acetylene at a pressure of about 1 mm. for a time such that about 30% of the cross sectional area of the wire is carbonised.
  • the tube is intended for use at a voltage, to be rectified, of 5 kilovolts; it has a life of many thousands of hours.
  • a drop of mercury 6 at the bottom of the tube ensures the presence of a sufiicient quantity of mercuryvapour.
  • a high-voltage rectifying tube comprising a sealed envelope containin an anode, and a cathode which is constituted by a carbonised tungsten-thorium wire and an atmosphere of a metal vapor.
  • a high-voltage rectifying tube comprising a sealed envelope containing an atmosphere of mercury vapour, and a cathode of tungsten-thorium wire carbonized to an extent within about 30% of its cross-sectional area.
  • a high-voltage, rectifying tube comprising a sealed envelope containing an atmosphere of mercury vapour, an anode, a cathode of tungstenthorium wire carbonized to an extent within about 30% of its cross-sectional area, and a semienclosure for the cathode within the direct path between the cathode and the anode.

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US2693546A (en) * 1948-07-10 1954-11-02 Eitel Mccullough Inc Electron emitter for electron tubes
US2879432A (en) * 1956-03-16 1959-03-24 Gen Electric Electron emitter

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US2088249A (en) * 1931-08-04 1937-07-27 Raytheon Mfg Co Gaseous rectifier

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US2088249A (en) * 1931-08-04 1937-07-27 Raytheon Mfg Co Gaseous rectifier

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US2693546A (en) * 1948-07-10 1954-11-02 Eitel Mccullough Inc Electron emitter for electron tubes
US2879432A (en) * 1956-03-16 1959-03-24 Gen Electric Electron emitter

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