PROCEEDINGS OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON HYDROGEN THYRATRONS AND MODULATORS (5TH) HELD AT FORT MONMOUTH, N. J., 20-22 MAY 1958.

Abstract

Contents: Reservoirs in hydrogen thyratrons and a status report on the eg+g 1802 thyratron; Hydrogen and deuterium filled thyratrons; A note on hydrogen reservoir temperature control; Heat dissipation in pulse modulator thyratrons; Progress report on large ceramic hydrogen thyratrons; Equipment manufacturer's requirements for hydrogen thyratrons used in missile tracking transmitters; Design and performance of pulse magnetic modulators; Hybrid magnetic pulser; A magnetic assist for high-power hydrogen thyratrons; Materials for magnetic assist; Utilization of the mercury pool cathode for industrial and military tubes; The empretron, a mercury pool arc tube allowing operation at repetition rates in the kilocycle range; Vacuum tubes for pulse modulation at the megawatt level; Shaped pulse modulators with particular reference to the generation of sine squared pulses; Thyrite dummy magnetrons and super-non-inductive resistive loads; A gas clipper tube for high power modulators; Silicon diode applications in radar set an/frn-34( ); A high efficiency charging regulator for line type modulators; Design of high stability electronic voltage regulators for radar modulators; An automatic trigger synchronizer for multi-thyratron radar modulators; The protective spark gap as a pulse modulator component; Modulator techniques for gridded klystrons and traveling wave tubes; High duty cycle hard tube modulator for high power traveling wave tubes; An rf phase jitter tester for mti radar transmitters; Output voltage clamper with regulating action for line type modulators; Development of a high power clipper diode; Magnetic pulse modulator for a missile guidance system mp-505.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1958
Accession Number
AD0650899

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Electron Tubes
  • Hydrogen
  • Magnetic Modulators
  • Materials
  • Modulation
  • Modulators
  • Moving Target Indicator Radar
  • Pulse Modulation
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radar Transmitters
  • Regulators
  • Thyratrons
  • Transmitters
  • Traveling Wave Tubes
  • Traveling Waves
  • Voltage Regulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics