Design, Fabrication and Evaluation of an Electron Beam Adressable High Information Density Memory Tube.

Abstract

929.(*MEMORY DEVICES, *STORAGE TUBES), (*DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS, DESIGN), ELECTRON OPTICS, LENSES, ELECTRON BEAMS, ELECTRON GUNS, ELECTRON TUBE TARGETS, RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS), TEST EQUIPMENTBLOCK ORIENTED RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES, BORAM(BLOCK ORIENTED RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES), RANDOM ACCESS COMPUTER STORAGEThe technical objective of this development program is the design, fabrication, and evaluation of an experimental model electron beam addressable, high information density memory tube. The tube is to be a sealed-off, selfcontained unit consisting of an electron source, the necessary electron optics for performing the required write and read functions, and a storage structure containing approximately 10 million elements. During this quarter the first fly's-eye lens-experimental tube structure was assembled and tested. This tube (ETS-2) was assembled with a phosphor screen in place of the target, and tests of the beam control elements were made. The tube performed to our expectations. Tube ETS-3 was assembled. Fly's-eye lenses were assembled and tested to determine their dimensional stability when subjected to a vacuum bake.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756936

Entities

People

  • Charles Q. Lemmond

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Guns
  • Electron Optics
  • Electron Tube Targets
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electrons
  • Fabrication
  • Memory Devices
  • Optics
  • Storage Tubes
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems