Abstract:
There is provided an impregnated-type cathode substrate comprising a large particle diameter low porosity region and a small particle diameter high porosity region which is provided in a side of an electron emission surface of the large particle diameter low porosity region and has an average particle diameter smaller than an average particle diameter of the large particle diameter low pore region and a porosity higher than a porosity of the large particle diameter low porosity region, the impregnated-type cathode being impregnated with an electron emission substance.
Abstract:
A method is provided of preparing an impregnated cathode with enhanced thionic emission from a porous billet by impregnating the billed with a suitable impregnant in the presence of an oxygen deficient compound. Additives such as Ir, Os, and Rh react in such a way as to increase emission by reacting to generate oxygen deficient compounds such as WO.sub.2. Moreover, intermediate oxygen sufficient products formed in the chemical reactions can be used as impregnants providing they generate oxygen deficient compounds in the presence of the active emissive material.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a dispenser cathode, in which method a powder of a refractory metal and a scandium-containing powder are mixed with each other and pressed to form a cathode body. According to the invention at least both these powders and a suitable binder are mixed with each other to form a homogeneous suspension prior to the pressing operation and the whole mixture is subsequently cured and ground to granules having a larger average size and hence a greater fluidity than the grains of the starting powders. Subsequently the granules thus obtained are pressed to form a cathode body (2). The invention leads to a better processibility and greater convenience of handling of the starting powders so that notably very fine starting powders can be used, which results in cathodes (1) having a better recovery after ion bombardment as compared with cathodes manufactured in conventional manners which are necessarily based on relatively coarse powders.
Abstract:
A dispenser cathode including a dispenser body formed of a metal matrix and an emission surface formed of emission material impregnated into the dispenser body metal matrix. The metal matrix is a porous sintered metal matrix containing at least one metal frown a first group (W, Mo, Cr) and at least one metal of a second group (Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir, Pt) and chromium oxide. The chromium oxide and the metals from the two groups are provided as a powder mixture to form the matrix. The emission material includes at least two alkaline earth metal oxides such as CaO, BaO and at least one oxide of a metal of group IIIa or IIIb of the Periodic Table. The oxide of a metal group is Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.
Abstract:
An impregnated cathode structure has: (1) a sleeve having a truncated conically-shaped top portion with an opening having a predetermined diameter at the center thereof; (2) oxide cathode material formed within and conforming to the shape of the sleeve to form a point exposed through the opening; (3) a receiver forming part of said sleeve for retaining the oxide cathode material; (4) a backing plug which divides the inside of the sleeve so as to form a space for the receiver; and (5) a heater installed in the sleeve below the backing plug.
Abstract:
An impregnated cathode comprising three layers: a very thin emitting surface layer of metal such as an alloy of tungsten with a high fraction of an activating metal of the platinum group to provide low workfunction; an underlying, thin buffer layer of porous tungsten alloyed with a fraction of activating metal, to retard diffusion loss of activating metal from the emitting layer; and a substrate of porous tungsten impregnated with barium aluminate.
Abstract:
A cathode heater includes a patterned conductor embedded within a dielectric substrate. The ceramic substrate has a pair of conductors over the respective surfaces thereof to provide electrical contact for the heater. To assemble the substrates having the conductors, the substrates and printed conductive patterns are fired to provide a composite multi-layer ceramic heater which can be used to heat cathode electrodes in microwave tubes such as travelling wave tubes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a manufacturing process for an impregnated cathode for an electron tube and the impregnated cathode obtained in this manner. The method consists in mixing (b) a powder (Y) containing the emissive elements (generally barium and calcium aluminates) with powder (W) of at least one refractory metal (generally tungsten, if necessary mixed with a platinum ore metal), then pressing (c) this mixture into a pellet (1) which is then sintered (d) at a high temperature in hydrogen (approx. 2000.degree. C.). In the prior art of this method, a powder of at least one refractory metal was pressed and sintered and then impregnated, machined, cleaned, etc. The process according to the invention therefore saves many steps in the manufacture of an impregnated cathode with respect to the prior art.
Abstract:
A dispenser cathode with multilayer sintered body is suggested, wherein the layers have a thickness of between 0.01 and 10 mm and have different compositions.
Abstract:
A method is provided of preparing an impregnated cathode with enhanced thionic emission from a porous billet by impregnating the billet with a suitable impregnant in the presence of an oxygen deficient compound.