STUDY OF FAIL EE MECHANISMS IN HIGH POWER RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATING DEVICES.

Abstract

This investigation undertakes to determine the causes of failures in gridded power traveling wave tubes. The gas ambient of two types of operating tubes and of individual tus sub assemblies and components are examined with an omegatron mass spectrometer permanently attached to the unit under test. Background gas ambients in envelopes containing only omegatrons are used as controls and are presented. Electrical test parameters of the traveling-wave tube in re lation to its gas ambient are presented and correlations are made with cathode activity decrease and power output decrease as functions of integrated partial gas pressures in th ating tube. Contributions made by various proc essed tube components to the gas ambient of the operating vacuum tube are presented and discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1962
Accession Number
AD0417063

Entities

People

  • M.friedman Axler
  • R.a. Hein

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Electron Tubes
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Radio Frequency
  • Spectrometers
  • Traveling Wave Tubes
  • Traveling Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
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  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.