Abstract:
@ In order to improve the stability of a cold cathode (5) of the reverse biased junction type, the vacuum space (2) is coupled with a reservoir (10), within which a source (21) of material reducing the work function, for example caesium, is present. By influencing the vapour pressure and the temperature in component parts (13, 16) of the reservoir (10) and in the source (21), loss of caesium due to adsorption or other phenomena occurring at the emitting surface (8) of the cathode (5) can be compensated for by an incident beam of caesium (25).
Abstract:
A cathode body for an impregnated scandate cathode is obtained by compressing and sintering a mixture of tungsten powder with approximately 0.5% by weight of scandium, whereafter the body is impregnated.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a scandate dispenser cathode having a matrix at least the top layer of which at the surface consists substantially of tungsten (W) and scandium oxide (Sc 2 O 3 ) and with emitter material in or below said matrix. If said method comprises the following steps:a) compressing a porous plug of tungsten powder;b) heating said plug in a non-reactive atmosphere and in contact with scandium to above the melting temperature of scandium;c) cooling the plug in a hydrogen (H 2 ) atmosphere;d) pulverizing the plug to fragments;e) heating said fragments to approximately 800°C and firing them at this temperature for a few to a few tens of minutes in a hydrogen atmosphere;f) grinding the fragments to scandium hydride-tungsten powder (ScH 2 /W);g) compressing a matrix or a top layer on a matrix of pure tungsten from said ScH 2 /W powder or from a mixture of this powder with tungsten powder;h) sintering and cooling the said matrix;i) bringing emissive material in the cathode, a scandate dispenser cathode is obtained the recovery of which after ion bonbardment occurs better than in cathodes having Sc 2 O 3 . The scandium is also distributed more homogeneously in the cathode than in cathodes having Sc 2 O 3 grains.
Abstract:
When during the manufacture of a dispenser cathode a cathode body is first manufactured which comprises scandium oxide, and the emissive material is subsequently provided in the cathode, it is possible to obtain a larger scandium oxide concentration in the cathode surface. This results in a longer life and smaller sensitivity to ion bombardment of the cathode compared with the scandium oxide-containing cathodes known so far.
Abstract:
A gas-discharge display device having a number of cathodes connected in groups and at least one common anode. The cathodes are arranged in a row extending parallel to the anode. Each group of cathodes consists of spaced portions of a respective elongate conductor, the conductors being arranged in a staggered helix-like formation around a common core which has an insulating surface.
Abstract:
A gas discharge panel in which at least the electrodes serving as cathodes are separated from each other by partitions which consist of electrically oxidized aluminum strips which, like the cathodes, are also connected to a flat insulating plate by means of glaze.