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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maurice Esterson, Chelmsford, GB;
Michael B Brady, Maldon, GB;
Assignee:
English Electric Valve Company, Chelmsford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P / ; H03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
331 90 ; 315 3957 ; 333 13 ; 333 / ;
Abstract
A multipactor discharge tuned resonant cavity device, e.g. a magnetron, is irradiated with X-rays in order to assist the starting of the multipactor discharge. The X-rays are produced by electrons striking the surface of the magnetron anode.