公开(公告)号：FR2428914A1

公开(公告)日：1980-01-11

申请号：FR7817620

申请日：1978-06-13

Applicant: THOMSON CSF

Inventor： LECORNET JEAN-CLAUDE

IPC: G05F1/44 ,  H01J1/13 ,  H03F1/54 ,  H03F3/24 ,  H01J19/82 ,  H01J19/08 ,  H01J21/10

Abstract: An apparatus for heating the cathode of an electronic power tube, having a supply for delivering a heating current to the cathode, an interrupter circuit for periodically interrupting the flow of heating current to the cathode, and controls for controlling the duration of these periodic interruptions and for regulating the net amount of heating current. To achieve this, the controls include a voltage control that varies in such a way so as to bring the heating current from a value of O to Io (where Io is the correct heating current at which the tube will be in a pre-heated condition) during a first, predetermined time period, and then from a current Io to a current Im (where Im is the optimum value for the heating current when the tube is normally operating), during a second predetermined time period.