• DocumentCode
    2467951
  • Title

    The Negative Grid gun

  • Author

    Stockwell, Brad ; Miram, George ; James, Bill ; Yang, Frank

  • Author_Institution
    Microwave Power Products, Commun. & Power Industries, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    215
  • Abstract
    Pulsed Airborne and Millimeter Wave TWTs often need very small gridded guns which are difficult to fabricate. Enter the "Negative Grid", which consists of a single grid at a potential near or below that of the cathode. This operating voltage makes the grid non-intercepting and allows close spacing to the cathode surface. This paper will include both simulation data and measured product performance data.
  • Keywords
    electron guns; travelling wave tubes; Negative Grid gun; millimeter wave TWT; pulsed airborne TWT; Cathodes; Costs; Fabrication; Frequency; Guns; Low voltage; Manufacturing; Microwave communication; Power industry; Stability;
  • 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.2002.999344
  • Filename
    999344