Properties of Vacuum and Gas Diodes

Abstract

The properties of vacuum and gas diodes are discussed. The equations describing the properties of these two types of diodes are compared for the situation in which the diode current is space-charge limited. The screen anode of an auxiliary discharge is used as the cathode of the gas diode and the properties of this type of cathode are studied and the experimental results reported.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0405822

Entities

People

  • C. B. Johnson
  • H. J. Oskam

Organizations

  • University of Minnesota

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Charge Carriers
  • Charge Density
  • Charged Particles
  • Converters
  • Current Density
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electric Fields
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Equations
  • Ionization Potentials
  • Measurement
  • Particle Collisions
  • Space Charge
  • Temperature Gradients

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster