Abstract:
A cathode has a thermionic emitter composed of a material that emits electrons upon being heated, and an emission layer, composed of a material that has a lower electron work function than the material of the thermionic emitter, is applied on said thermionic emitter so as to at least partially cover the thermionic emitter. Such a cathode has a high electron emission with simultaneously improved focusing and a longer lifespan.
Abstract:
A thermionic emitter for use in an X-ray tube with a rotating cathode, particularly in rotating bulb X-ray tubes, is composed of an alloy of a refractory metal, such as tungsten, with an additive of at least 20 ppm potassium. This emitter material avoids deterioration of the emitter due to grain creep.
Abstract:
A metal cathode for an electron-emission device, and an indirectly heated cathode assembly employing the metal cathode where the metal cathode is formed of a quaternary alloy including 0.1-20% by weight barium (Ba), 0.1-20% by weight a metallic mobilizer facilitating Ba diffusion, a metal with a difference in atomic radius of at least 0.4 Angstrom from the atomic radius of platinum (Pt) or palladium (Pd), the metal being in the range of 0.01 to 30% by weight, and a balance of at least one of Pt and Pd. The metal cathode has a low operating temperature due to its reduced work function with improved current emission capability. The metal cathode can be used for a longer lifetime at high current density. Therefore, the metal cathode can be used effectively in electron-beam devices, such as a Braun tube or picture tube, satisfying larger size, longer life span, high definition, and high luminance requirements of the devices.
Abstract:
A thermal field emission cathode comprising a tungsten single crystal having an axis direction of and a coating layer of zirconium and oxygen formed thereon, wherein a source for supplying zirconium and oxygen contains an element capable of forming cubic or tetragonal zirconium oxide at an operation temperature of the thermal field emission cathode.
Abstract:
In a DC gas discharge type image display apparatus including: a front glass substrate; a rear glass substrate facing the front glass substrate, interposing a discharge gas therebetween; a set of anodes including a plurality of line electrodes formed on the rear glass substrate; a set of cathodes including a plurality of line electrodes placed on the front glass substrate so as to perpendicularly cross the set of anodes; and a plurality of discharge cells, each being provided so as to correspond to each of the cross points of the set of anodes and the set of cathodes, the apparatus being driven in a refresh driving method or a memory driving method, the set of cathodes are formed by a spraying method. The cathodes are made from aluminum, nickel, an aluminum alloy or a nickel alloy. The discharge gas is a mixed gas of He and Xe.
Abstract:
In a method for manufacturing a glow cathode for an electron tube, a layer of an alloy, such as iridium-lanthanum (Ir.sub.2 La), is produced on a substrate by coating the substrate, such as in a number of layers, with the components of the alloy by deposition from the vapor phase, such that the components of the alloy are present in the stoichiometrically correct ratio on the substrate, and in that the substrate is heated for a time duration adequate for alloy formation to a temperature that is lower than the melting temperature of the phase of the alloy having the lowest melting point.
Abstract:
A THORIUM FILM THERMIONIC CATHODE IN ELECTRON DISCHARGE DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME WHEREIN A HIGH MELTING METAL CARRIER, SUCH AS TUNGSTEN OR TUNGSTEN ALLOY, CONTAMINATED WITH THORIUM OXIDE IS PROVIDED WITH A COATING CONTAINING AN INNER LAYER OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE AND AN OUTER LAYER OF A HIGH MELTING METAL HAVING MIGRATINAL PROPERTIES AND FUNCTIONING AS AN EMISSION BASE FOR THORIUM, SUCH AS OSMIUM OR RHENIUM.
Abstract:
Methods for fabricating refractory metal scandate nanocomposite powders with homogeneous microstructured refractory metal grains and a uniform nanosized dispersion of scandia are provided. The powders prepared by the sol-gel methods have a spherical morphology, a narrow distribution of particle sizes and a very uniform dispersion of nanosized scandia particles joined to the tungsten grains. The powder particle sizes can range from nanometers to micrometers. The powders can be pressed into porous cathode structures that can be impregnated with emissive materials to produce high current density and long life cathodes for high-power terahertz vacuum electron devices. The sol-gel fabrication methods allow control over the materials, particle size, particle composition and pore size and distribution of the cathode structure by manipulation of the process parameters.