Directly heated cathode for an electron tube with coaxial electrode design
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorIngo Beling
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Abstract
In an exemplary embodiment, a transmitting tube has a coaxial design of the electrodes and their lead-ins and includes a cathode formed of a hollow cylinder which is secured at one end to an annular cathode lead, and at the other end is secured to a cathode cap which is supported at a power supply lead extending coaxially within the hollow cylinder. In this cathode, the carrier is not to consist of wire, so that inhomogeneities on the cathode surface are avoided. To this end, the disclosure provides that the hollow cylinder consist of pyrolytic graphite and be coated with a thin metal layer, preferably consisting of tungsten carbide and thorium, or a thorium oxide.
Claims4
A directly heated cathode for electronic transmitting tubes with coaxial design of the electrodes and their lead-ins, said cathode comprising a hollow cylinder (1) arranged axially and having first and second axial ends, an annular cathode lead (6, 12) secured to the first axial end of the hollow cylinder (1), a cathode cap (9) secured to the second axial end of the hollow cylinder (1), a power supply lead (5) extending coaxially in the hollow cylinder (1) and being connected with said cathode cap (9), said cathode cap (9) being mounted at an inner axial end of said power supply lead (5), the hollow cylinder (1) being formed of pyrolytic graphite and being coated with a thin metallic layer (10) as emission layer, characterized in that the thin metallic layer (10) is of tungsten carbide and thorium.
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