Title :
Filament Design for High-Power Transmitting Valves
Author_Institution :
Staatsbedrijf der P.T.T. Radiolaboratorium,´´s-Gravenhage, Netherlands
Abstract :
It is shown that the filament of a transmitting valve can be designed so that its life is a multiple of the accepted normal value. Not only do fewer service interruptions occur but the total operating expense decreases. The cost of power is computed at a reasonable wholesale rate.
Keywords :
Cathodes; Costs; Electrodes; Energy consumption; Equations; Manufacturing; Power supplies; Temperature; Tungsten; Valves;
Journal_Title :
Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
DOI :
10.1109/JRPROC.1938.228827