RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON HIGH-POWER CRESTATRONS FOR THE 100-300 MC FREQUENCY RANGE

Abstract

In the electrostatic focusing system employing the P micron 4.46 hollow-beam gun it is shown that a substantial portion of the observed beam interception is due to secondary electrons. One method of reducing this effect is shown. Scaling the P micron 4.46 gun to a value of 20 is de scribed. Two 100-watt Crestatrons were tested at reduced power due to a poor r-f match in the first tube and to high beam interception in the second tube. It is apparent from the data, however, that most of the design objectives have already been easily met. These are a full 3 to 1 band width under small-signal as well as saturation conditions, more than enough small-signal gain and quite encouraging values of conversion efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0404627

Entities

People

  • G. T. Konrad

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bandwidth
  • Contracts
  • Efficiency
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Emission
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Interception
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Saturation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics