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ELECTRON EMISSION REGULATING MEANS

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4329461
>An electronic regulating system is described for controlling the electron emission of a cathode, for example, the cathode in a mass spectrometer. The system incorporates a transformer having a first secondary winding for the above-mentioned cathode and a second secondary winding for the above-mentioned cathode and a second secondary winding load by grid controlled vacuum tubes. A portion of the electron current emitted by the cathode is passed through a network which develops a feedback signal. The system arrangement is completed by using the feedback signal to control the vacuum tubes in the second secondary winding through a regulator tube. When a change in cathode emission occurs, the feedback signal acts to correct this change by adjusting the load on the transformer.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-007024
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2813978
OSTI ID:
4329461
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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