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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guy Clerc, Thonon-Les-Bains, FR;
Jean de Cachard, Thonon-Les-Bains, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3133 / ; 3133 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermionic cathode for electron tubes comprising a material that has a substrate, a compound of an element forming an emitting monolayer, chosen from among the rare earth zirconates, rare earth hafnates, rare earth aluminates and rare earth berylates, and a reducing agent which, at the working temperature of the cathode, reacts with the compound releasing the element that forms the monolayer. Application in particular to electron grid tubes. FIG. 1.