Abstract: An oil-cooling system is provided for a multi-staged depressed collector of a linear beam device, such as an inductive output tube or klystron. The multi-staged depressed collector comprises a plurality of electrode stages adapted to have respective electric potentials applied thereto. The electrode stages are separated from one another by respective electrical insulators. The electrode stages are provided with a plurality of channels that extend axially along the outer surfaces of the electrodes. An inner sleeve is disposed in contact with the outer surface of the electrode stages and substantially encloses the plurality of channels. An outer sleeve encloses the inner sleeve with a space defined therebetween. The inner sleeve further includes an opening at an end thereof providing an oil communication path between the space between the inner and outer sleeves, and the plurality of axially extending channels.

Abstract: A low-power wide-bandwidth klystron comprises a cathode having an electron emitting surface capable of emitting an electron beam and a collector spaced from said cathode and designed to collect the electron beam emitted from the cathode. An anode is disposed between the cathode and the collector in order to channel the electron beam into a series of drift tubes that define the electron beam path between the anode and the collector. The drift tubes define gaps in which the input cavity and output cavity interact with the electron beam. The input cavity velocity modulates the electron beam by way of a radio frequency input signal and the output cavity extracts the amplified radio frequency signal from the electron beam. The drift tubes may define additional gaps between the input cavity and output cavity for intermediate cavities that would provide additional amplification.

Abstract: A collector structure comprises a heat sink having a cylindrical opening, a sleeve disposed within the cylindrical opening of the heat sink, and a collector core disposed within the sleeve. The sleeve is comprised of a material having a rate of thermal expansion different than that of the heat sink and is disposed in close contact with the heat sink when the collector is at an elevated operational temperature. A slight gap is defined between the collector core and the sleeve when the collector is at an ambient temperature, and the collector core is in close contact with the sleeve when the collector is at the operational temperature. The heat sink further comprises either copper or aluminum, the sleeve is comprised of molybdenum, and the collector core is comprised of a ceramic material. To manufacture the collector structure, the heat sink is heated to a temperature above the operational temperature and the sleeve is inserted into the cylindrical opening of the heat sink at the elevated temperature.

Abstract: A collector of a traveling wave tube in which a larger quantity of loss ceramic members are arranged between an outer collector enclosure and an outer surface of a collector electrode for increasing high frequency loss to prevent RF leakage from the collector lead wire. The collector includes a collector electrode 2, heat conductive columnar ceramic elements 3, an outer collector enclosure 4 for maintaining vacuum and loss ceramic members 5 arranged between the outer surface of the collector electrode 2 and the inner surface of the outer collector enclosure 4.

Abstract: A collector of a traveling wave tube in which a larger quantity of loss ceramic members are arranged between an outer collector enclosure and an outer surface of a collector electrode for increasing high frequency loss to prevent RF leakage from the collector lead wire. The collector includes a collector electrode 2, heat conductive columnar ceramic elements 3, an outer collector enclosure 4 for maintaining vacuum and loss ceramic members 5 arranged between the outer surface of the collector electrode 2 and the inner surface of the outer collector enclosure 4.

Abstract: A linear beam device having a multi-stage depressed collector is provided with a single crowbar circuit that quickly removes all voltages from the collector electrodes upon detection of an arc between the collector electrodes. The linear beam device comprises a cathode and an anode spaced therefrom that are operable to form and accelerate an electron beam. A collector having a plurality of successive collector electrodes is arranged downstream from the anode to collect electrons of the electron beam. At least one power supply is coupled to the collector and provides a plurality of distinct voltage levels to respective ones of the collector electrodes. The power supply comprises a plurality of serially coupled filter capacitors, with each one of the filter capacitors being charged to a respective difference between adjacent ones of the distinct voltage levels. A crowbar circuit is coupled across the plurality of filter capacitors.

Abstract: A TWT collector has axially-positioned collector stages in which at least one of the stages includes a plurality of annularly-arranged stage segments. The collector enhances electron beam velocity sorting by facilitating a combination of (a) selecting axial electric field distributions with application of selected voltages to the axially-positioned collector stages and (b) selecting radial electric field distributions with application of selected voltages to the annularly-arranged stage segments.

Abstract: A device for producing plasma in a vacuum chamber (13) with the help of electromagnetic alternating fields, in which a rod-shaped conductor (3) that is inside a pipe (2) and is made of an insulating material and is guided into the vacuum chamber (13). The inner diameter of the insulating pipe (2) is larger than the diameter of the conductor (3). The insulating pipe (2) is held in the wall (1) of the vacuum chamber (13) at one end, and its outer surface is sealed across from the vacuum chamber wall. The conductor (3) is connected to a source (9) for producing the electromagnetic alternating field. A pipe-shaped conductor (4) extends coaxially to the rod-shaped conductor (3) in the annulus formed by the rod-shaped conductor (3) and the insulating pipe (2), whereby the radial inner ring slot (14) formed between the rod-shaped conductor (3) and the pipe-shaped conductor (4) corresponds to the waveguide (10) of the source (9).