• DocumentCode
    2468854
  • Title

    Assessing cathode quality in pulse and CW tubes

  • Author

    Gold, Saul L. ; Miram, George V.

  • Author_Institution
    Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    303
  • Lastpage
    304
  • Abstract
    Life and performance of a High Power Klystron is directly related to the quality of the cathode. The quality of the cathode can be determined using Cathode emission Activity Plots known as "Miram Plots" and Practical Work Function Distribution (PWFD) plots which are derived from these measurements.
  • Keywords
    cathodes; klystrons; work function; CW tube; Miram Plot; cathode emission activity plot; cathode quality; device lifetime; high power klystron; practical work function distribution plot; pulse tube; Cathodes; Cooling; Current density; Current measurement; Electrons; Klystrons; Pulsed power supplies; Temperature; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2002. IVEC 2002. Third IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7256-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2002.999391
  • Filename
    999391