INSTANT STARTING HALF-WAVE RECTIFIER (TUBE TYPE WX-4222)

Abstract

Problems encountered in designing and fabricating a cold cathode, high voltage rectifier for high temperature application are discussed. The final tube design is shown to be capable of operation in a wide range of ambient conditions, but the tube life was found to be limited by sputtering and gas clean-up. The general conclusions drawn from this work are that new, high temperature, high resistance materials are needed, as wellAS FURTHER FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE PHENOMENA OF GAS SPUTTERING AND CLEAN-UP. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0267400

Entities

People

  • Joel H. Fink

Organizations

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electronic Equipment
  • Half-Wave Rectifiers
  • High Temperature
  • High Voltage
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physical Properties
  • Rectifiers
  • Resistance
  • Sputtering
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.