Magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator

Patent · Tue Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6308536

Bacon, L D; Ballard, W P; Clark, M C; Marder, B M

A magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator employs self-generated magnetic fields to generate microwave energy. An anode of the oscillator includes slow-wave structures which are formed of a plurality of thin conductive vanes defining cavities therebetween, and a gap is formed between the anode and a cathode of the oscillator. In response to a pulsed voltage applied to the anode and cathode, self-generated magnetic fields are produced in a cross-field orientation with respect to the orientation of the electric field between the anode and the cathode. The cross-field magnetic fields insulate the flow of electrons in the gap and confine the flow of electrons within the gap.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
• Patent Number(s): US 4785261
• OSTI ID: 6308536
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
ANODES
CATHODES
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL INSULATION
ELECTRODES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
ORIENTATION
OSCILLATORS
POWER TRANSMISSION
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
RADIATIONS