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- the present invention relates to emissive cathode structures for electron discharge devices, and to a method of sealing said structure.
- the principal object of this invention is to provide a cathode structure of high efficiency in which electrical leakage is minimized.
- U. S. Patent 2,543,728 of Lemmen et al. there is disclosed a dispenser type cathode wherein a reservoir of electron emissive material is contained within a cavity in a tightly closed body of refractory metal having a porous wall portion, the pores of which form the largest passageways connecting the electron emissive material with the exterior of the cathode.
- the present invention in a preferred form, makes use of a cathode structure of the dispenser type and further includes means effectively to seal the cathode structure. Provision is also made to reduce electrical leakage and to increase the emissive eficiency of the structure.
- a cathode in accordance with the invention is inserted into a magnetron anode, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited either to dispenser type cathodes or to the use of such cathodes in magnetrons.
- the major elements of the magnetron are a cathode structure 10, an anode block 11 surroundng the cathode structure, and pole pieces 12 and 13 disposed at either end of the anode block for producing a magnetic field extending longitudinally through the anode and transversely with respect to the electron stream between the cathode and anode.
- tubular metallic sleeve members 14 and 15 respeetively, which serve to support the cathode structure centi'ally within the anode block.
- the sleeve members are held coaXially with respect to the pole pieces by means of insulating spacei's 16 and 17 formed, for example, of Ceramic material.
- the anode block 11 is constructed to define a plurality of cavities circumferentially arranged about the cathode.
- the cathode structure 10 is of the indirectly heated dispenser type and includes a porous tungsten cylinder 18 fitted on a molybdenum tube 19 provided with a constricted portion, thereby forming an annular cavity 20 in the area between the cylinder 18 and the tube 19.
- This cavity is filled with electron emissive material 21 such as barium carbonate.
- the nature of the emissive material may be of the type described in the above-mentioned Lemmens patent.
- the porous tungsten cylinder is preferably fabricated in accordance with the teachings in the patent application of Levi, Serial No. 234,513, filed June 30, 1951.
- a heater filament 22 coated with an insulating layer, such as aluminum oxide, to prevent shorting on the cathode.
- the end leads 23 and 24 of the heater are extended through sleeve members 14 and 15.
- the cathode assembly is completed by ring-shaped caps 26 and 27,
- the seals between the caps, 26 and 27 and the ends of the tungsten tube 18 are of the diffusion type.
- the washers 28 and 29 are formed of a metal having a low melting point relative to tungsten and molybdenum, such as platinum, titanium, zirconium, tantalum or thorium.
- the technique of sealing is as follows: The washers are placed between the surfaces to be sealed and pressure is applied to the caps 26 and 27 by means, for example, of a clamp. Sufiicient pressure is applied to reduce the melting point of the Washer material so that diffusion into the walls of the metals to be sealed takes place. In a preferred method the cathode to be sealed is held in a press during the diffusion sealing process.
- a moisture-free inert gas atmosphere is flowed about the cathode during the time that heat is applied to the entire assembly.
- the pressure against the joints to be sealed grows greater due to thermal expansion of the cathode.
- the increased pressure on the washers lowers the melting point thereof so that diffusion occurs.
- a jig type fixture similar to a C-type clamp may be used, the clamp being made of invar or other low expanson coeificient material.
- magnetron performance depends in large part upon the secondary emisson characteristic (8); that is to say the ratio of secondary to primary electron emisson. With Conventional cathodes of the dispenser type, this ratio is rather low, in the order of 1.5.
- the outer surface of the tungten cylinder 18 is coated with material 30 yielding a high secondary emisson coefiicient such as oxides, nitrates, and borides of thorium, zirconum, columbium, cobalt and other elements withstanding temperatures higher than 1270 C. and which do not decompose or evaporate When Operating at this temperature.
- the addition of any of the above-listed materials to the cathode surface will increase the value of the S by factors of from 2 to 20 fold, thus improving cathode efficiency.
- conically-shaped metallic shields 31 and 32 which encircle the caps 26 and 27 of the cathode.
- the use of a conical shield increases the length of the path from the cathode sleeve to the rim of the Shield, thereby lowering thetemperature of the shield, particularly at the rim, where un- Controlled emisson occurs, which emisson tends to raise the leakage current.
- the cathode may be of the directly heated type in which the caps of the cathode act as elosures, the interior of the porous tungsten cylinder being filled With emissive material.
- the cathode may be heated externally by bombardment from a primer cathode. lt is intended in the annexed claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
- a cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical body having electron emissive properties and constituted by a cylindrical metallic base, a porous metallic tube surrounding said base, said base having a constricted portion to form a cavity between said base and said tube, electron emissive material disposed in said cavity and a layer of material coating said body and having a relatively high secondary emisson coefi'icient, supporting members connected to the respective ends of said body, and a conically-shaped shield mounted on each-of-said members for reducing electrical leakage, the month of said shield facing said body.
- a cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical body having electron emissive properties and including a cylindrical metallc base, a porous tungsten tube surroundng said base, the ends of said base projecting beyond the ends of said tube, said base having a constricted portion defining a cavity between said base and said tube, ring-shaped' caps mounted on the projecting ends of said base, a washer interposed between each cap and the adjacent end of the tube providing a ditfusion seal therebetween, electron emissive material disposed ⁇ in said cavity' anda layer of secondarily emissive material coated on: the: surface of said tube, supportingl members connected to the respective ends of said body, and a conicallyshapedf shi'eld' mounted on each of said members and encircling said caps.
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United States Patent O CATHODE STRUCTURE George A. Espersen, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., assignor, by
mesne assignrnents, to North American Philips Company, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of 'Delaware Application November 29, 1951, Serial No. 258,875
6 Claims. (Cl. 313-240) The present invention relates to emissive cathode structures for electron discharge devices, and to a method of sealing said structure. l
The principal object of this invention is to provide a cathode structure of high efficiency in which electrical leakage is minimized.
More specifically, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved cathode structure of the dispenscr type adapted for use in magnetron tubes.
For a better understanding of this invention as well as other objects and further features thereof, reference is made to the following detailed description thereof to be read in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein the figure shows, in sectional view, a magnetron tube incorporating a cathode structure in accordance with the invention.
In U. S. Patent 2,543,728 of Lemmen et al., there is disclosed a dispenser type cathode wherein a reservoir of electron emissive material is contained within a cavity in a tightly closed body of refractory metal having a porous wall portion, the pores of which form the largest passageways connecting the electron emissive material with the exterior of the cathode. The present invention, in a preferred form, makes use of a cathode structure of the dispenser type and further includes means effectively to seal the cathode structure. Provision is also made to reduce electrical leakage and to increase the emissive eficiency of the structure. By way of illustration, a cathode in accordance With the invention is inserted into a magnetron anode, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited either to dispenser type cathodes or to the use of such cathodes in magnetrons.
Referring now to the figure, the major elements of the magnetron are a cathode structure 10, an anode block 11 surroundng the cathode structure, and pole pieces 12 and 13 disposed at either end of the anode block for producing a magnetic field extending longitudinally through the anode and transversely with respect to the electron stream between the cathode and anode.
Extending through central bores in the pole pieces 12 and 13 are tubular metallic sleeve members 14 and 15 respeetively, which serve to support the cathode structure centi'ally within the anode block. The sleeve members are held coaXially with respect to the pole pieces by means of insulating spacei's 16 and 17 formed, for example, of Ceramic material. The anode block 11 is constructed to define a plurality of cavities circumferentially arranged about the cathode.
The cathode structure 10 is of the indirectly heated dispenser type and includes a porous tungsten cylinder 18 fitted on a molybdenum tube 19 provided with a constricted portion, thereby forming an annular cavity 20 in the area between the cylinder 18 and the tube 19. This cavity is filled with electron emissive material 21 such as barium carbonate. The nature of the emissive material may be of the type described in the above-mentioned Lemmens patent. The porous tungsten cylinder is preferably fabricated in accordance with the teachings in the patent application of Levi, Serial No. 234,513, filed June 30, 1951. Extending through the molybdenuin tube is a heater filament 22 coated with an insulating layer, such as aluminum oxide, to prevent shorting on the cathode. The end leads 23 and 24 of the heater are extended through sleeve members 14 and 15. The cathode assembly is completed by ring- shaped caps 26 and 27,
2 preferably formed of molybdenum, which are forced on the lrespective ends of the molybdenum tube 19 and are sealed to the ends of the tungsten cylinder 18 by means of washers 28 and 29.
The seals between the caps, 26 and 27 and the ends of the tungsten tube 18 are of the diffusion type. The washers 28 and 29 are formed of a metal having a low melting point relative to tungsten and molybdenum, such as platinum, titanium, zirconium, tantalum or thorium. The technique of sealing is as follows: The washers are placed between the surfaces to be sealed and pressure is applied to the caps 26 and 27 by means, for example, of a clamp. Sufiicient pressure is applied to reduce the melting point of the Washer material so that diffusion into the walls of the metals to be sealed takes place. In a preferred method the cathode to be sealed is held in a press during the diffusion sealing process. A moisture-free inert gas atmosphere is flowed about the cathode during the time that heat is applied to the entire assembly. As the temperature of the cathode is increased, the pressure against the joints to be sealed grows greater due to thermal expansion of the cathode. The increased pressure on the washers lowers the melting point thereof so that diffusion occurs. In place of a press, a jig type fixture similar to a C-type clamp may be used, the clamp being made of invar or other low expanson coeificient material.
It is well-known in the magnetron art that magnetron performance depends in large part upon the secondary emisson characteristic (8); that is to say the ratio of secondary to primary electron emisson. With Conventional cathodes of the dispenser type, this ratio is rather low, in the order of 1.5. For the purpose of increasing the value of this ratio, the outer surface of the tungten cylinder 18 is coated with material 30 yielding a high secondary emisson coefiicient such as oxides, nitrates, and borides of thorium, zirconum, columbium, cobalt and other elements withstanding temperatures higher than 1270 C. and which do not decompose or evaporate When Operating at this temperature. The addition of any of the above-listed materials to the cathode surface will increase the value of the S by factors of from 2 to 20 fold, thus improving cathode efficiency.
In order to reduce electrical leakage from the cathode, there are mounted on sleeve members 14 and 15, conically-shaped metallic shields 31 and 32 which encircle the caps 26 and 27 of the cathode. The use of a conical shield increases the length of the path from the cathode sleeve to the rim of the Shield, thereby lowering thetemperature of the shield, particularly at the rim, where un- Controlled emisson occurs, which emisson tends to raise the leakage current.
While there has been described what is at present a prepared embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that many modifications are possible within the scope of the invention. For example, the cathode may be of the directly heated type in which the caps of the cathode act as elosures, the interior of the porous tungsten cylinder being filled With emissive material. Or, if preferred, the cathode may be heated externally by bombardment from a primer cathode. lt is intended in the annexed claims to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
What is claimed is:
l. A cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical body having electron emissive properties and constituted by a cylindrical metallic base, a porous metallic tube surrounding said base, said base having a constricted portion to form a cavity between said base and said tube, electron emissive material disposed in said cavity and a layer of material coating said body and having a relatively high secondary emisson coefi'icient, supporting members connected to the respective ends of said body, and a conically-shaped shield mounted on each-of-said members for reducing electrical leakage, the month of said shield facing said body.
2. A cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical body having electron emissive properties and including a cylindrical metallc base, a porous tungsten tube surroundng said base, the ends of said base projecting beyond the ends of said tube, said base having a constricted portion defining a cavity between said base and said tube, ring-shaped' caps mounted on the projecting ends of said base, a washer interposed between each cap and the adjacent end of the tube providing a ditfusion seal therebetween, electron emissive material disposed` in said cavity' anda layer of secondarily emissive material coated on: the: surface of said tube, supportingl members connected to the respective ends of said body, and a conicallyshapedf shi'eld' mounted on each of said members and encircling said caps.
31. A cathode assembly comprising a cylindrical body having el'ectron. emissive properties and' including av cylindrical metallic base, aporous tungsten tube surrounding said base, the end's' of said base extending beyond the ends of said tube, said? base having a constricted portion defining a cavty` between said base andsaid tube, ringshaped caps mounted on the projecting ends of' said base, a washer interposed between each cap and the adjacent end=` of' the tube providing a diffusion seal therebetween, electron emissive material disposed in said cavity and a layer of secondaril'y emissive material coated on the surface of said tube, and supportng members connected to the respective ends of said body.
4. The method of seal'ing a cathode assembly constiiuted by a molybdenum base, a porous tungsten tube surrounding said base, the ends of said base projecting beyond' said tube and molybdenurn rings fitted on the projecting ends of said base, comprising the steps of interposing a washer between each of said rings and the respective ends of said tubes, said washers being fabricated of a metal having a melting point which is low relative to tungsten and molybdenum, and applying pressure to the rings toreduce the melting point of the washer material to an extent effecting diffusion into the adjoining surfaces.
5. An assernbly as set forth in claim l wherein said layer is formed of oxides of thorium.
6. An assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein said layer is formed of' borides. of zrconium.
ReferencesV Cited in the file of this patent UNiTED STATES lATENTS 1,267,827 Whitney May 28, 1918 2,121,589 Espe .inneV 21, 1938 2,131,204 Waldschmidt Sept. 27, 1938 2,381,01`2 Stutsman Aug. 7, 1945 2,411,601 Spencer Nov. 26, 1946 2,460,119 Blewett et al. Jan. 25, 1949 2,543,728 Lemmens et al. Feb. 27, 1951
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