Magnetically insulated transmission line oscillator

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:866781

Bacon, Larry D ^[1]; Ballard, William P ^[1]; Clark, M Collins ^[1]; Marder, Barry M ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

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 arfe 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.

• Research Organization: AT&T
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4785261
• OSTI ID: 866781
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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