Trirotron: triode rotating beam radio frequency amplifier
Abstract
High efficiency amplification of radio frequencies to very high power levels including: establishing a cylindrical cloud of electrons; establishing an electrical field surrounding and coaxial with the electron cloud to bias the electrons to remain in the cloud; establishing a rotating electrical field that surrounds and is coaxial with the steady field, the circular path of the rotating field being one wavelength long, whereby the peak of one phase of the rotating field is used to accelerate electrons in a beam through the bias field in synchronism with the peak of the rotating field so that there is a beam of electrons continuously extracted from the cloud and rotating with the peak; establishing a steady electrical field that surrounds and is coaxial with the rotating field for high-energy radial acceleration of the rotating beam of electrons; and resonating the rotating beam of electrons within a space surrounding the second field, the space being selected to have a phase velocity equal to that of the rotating field to thereby produce a high-power output at the frequency of the rotating field.
- Inventors:
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- Stanford, CA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863606
- Patent Number(s):
- 4210845
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- trirotron; triode; rotating; beam; radio; frequency; amplifier; efficiency; amplification; frequencies; power; levels; including; establishing; cylindrical; cloud; electrons; electrical; field; surrounding; coaxial; electron; bias; remain; surrounds; steady; circular; path; wavelength; whereby; peak; phase; accelerate; synchronism; continuously; extracted; high-energy; radial; acceleration; resonating; space; selected; velocity; equal; produce; high-power; output; electrical field; power levels; power output; power level; radio frequency; phase velocity; rotating electric; circular path; accelerate electrons; rotating beam; bias field; space surrounding; radio frequencies; field surrounding; frequency amplifier; /315/330/
Citation Formats
Lebacqz, Jean V. Trirotron: triode rotating beam radio frequency amplifier. United States: N. p., 1980.
Web.
Lebacqz, Jean V. Trirotron: triode rotating beam radio frequency amplifier. United States.
Lebacqz, Jean V. Tue .
"Trirotron: triode rotating beam radio frequency amplifier". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863606.
@article{osti_863606,
title = {Trirotron: triode rotating beam radio frequency amplifier},
author = {Lebacqz, Jean V},
abstractNote = {High efficiency amplification of radio frequencies to very high power levels including: establishing a cylindrical cloud of electrons; establishing an electrical field surrounding and coaxial with the electron cloud to bias the electrons to remain in the cloud; establishing a rotating electrical field that surrounds and is coaxial with the steady field, the circular path of the rotating field being one wavelength long, whereby the peak of one phase of the rotating field is used to accelerate electrons in a beam through the bias field in synchronism with the peak of the rotating field so that there is a beam of electrons continuously extracted from the cloud and rotating with the peak; establishing a steady electrical field that surrounds and is coaxial with the rotating field for high-energy radial acceleration of the rotating beam of electrons; and resonating the rotating beam of electrons within a space surrounding the second field, the space being selected to have a phase velocity equal to that of the rotating field to thereby produce a high-power output at the frequency of the rotating field.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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