Charge line quad pulser
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorRex Booth
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Abstract
A quartet of parallel coupled planar triodes is removably mounted in a quadrahedron shaped PCB structure. Releasable brackets and flexible means attached to each triode socket make triode cathode and grid contact with respective conductive coatings on the PCB and a detachable cylindrical conductive element enclosing and contacting the triode anodes jointly permit quick and easy replacement of faulty triodes. By such orientation, the quad pulser can convert a relatively low and broad pulse into a very high and narrow pulse.
Claims10
A high power, very short pulse generator, comprising:
- a polyhedron shaped printed circuit board (PCB) structure having a plurality of sides enclosing an interior of said polyhedron, each said side having at least one socket therethrough;
- at least one planar triode having a cathode, grid, and anode, said triode being disposed through at least one said socket of said polyhedron in such manner that each said anode thereof is directed toward said interior of said polyhedron;
- means for releasably coupling said planar triode to said PCB;
- and conductor means disposed on said PCB for coupling said cathode and grid to an input and for coupling said anode to an output.
A high power, short pulse generator, comprising:
- a quartet of planar triodes;
- means for removably mounting said planar triodes in a printed circuit board (PCB) frame;
- means for coupling said quartet of planar triodes in parallel in said frame in such manner that an anode of each said planar triode points toward a common point;
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- means for removably making parallel contact each anode of said planar triode and for yielding a single output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.