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ELECTRONIC VALVE AMPLIFIER

Journal Article · · Nuclear Eng.
OSTI ID:4261373
The amplifier is based on the multipactor effect, a phenomenon experienced with surfaces whose secondary emission coefficient can be greater than one. A multipactor oscillator is described in U.S.P. 2,674,694. The structure includes two parallel plates to support an RF electric field and to generate electrons by the multipactor effect. One of the plates is perforated and an anode placed beyond the perforated plate collects those bunches of electrons which pass through the perforations. RF power is fed into the space between the plates and extracted from the electron interaction space between the cathode and anode structures. In a double coaxial line the inner line may provide the multipactor space, a perforated outer conductor may then constitute the inner conductor of the outer line wherein irteraction takes place. The amplifier- may alternatively be a double ridge-loaded waveguide. The spaces may be resonant cavities.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-13-009976
OSTI ID:
4261373
Journal Information:
Nuclear Eng., Journal Name: Nuclear Eng. Vol. Vol: 4
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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