Title :
Fundamental processes in gaseous tube rectifiers
Author_Institution :
General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Abstract :
The theory involved in the phenomena occurring in gas-filled rectifier tubes is discussed here. It is shown how the two basic laws of electronics, the Richardson-Laue-Dushman equation of thermionic emission and the Child-Langmuir space-charge law, affect the behavior of these tubes.
Keywords :
Anodes; Cathodes; Electric potential; Electron emission; Electron tubes; Ions; Rectifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electrical Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/EE.1950.6434009
