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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Edward Stanley Sobieradzki, Colchester, GB;
Stephen Bardell, Barnston, GB;
Steven Aitken, Chelmsford, GB;
Alan Wheelhouse, Braintree, GB;
Edward Stanley Sobieradzki, Colchester, GB;
Stephen Bardell, Barnston, GB;
Steven Aitken, Chelmsford, GB;
Alan Wheelhouse, Braintree, GB;
E2V Technologies (UK) Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Abstract
A linear electron beam tube comprises an electron gun having a cathode and a grid, and an anode arranged in a first portion of a drift tube. The drift tube is within a vacuum envelope and has first and second portions separated by a gap at which point an electron beam, density modulated with an input RF signal is inductively coupled to an output cavity. The vacuum envelope is partially defined by a cylindrical ceramic wall and a pair of ferromagnetic pole pieces at its ends that form a DC magnetic circuit. The pole pieces extend radially beyond the vacuum envelope. At least those parts of the surface of the pole pieces that are in the RF path are coated with a layer of relatively low RF loss material such as copper. A balance ring separates the ceramic from the pole pieces. Further reduction in RF losses and relief from thermal stresses is obtained by forming the balance ring from the same ceramic as the cylindrical wall and metallizing at least that part of the outer surface of the balance ring that is on the RF path.