Carbon and carbon-coated electrodes for multistage depressed collectors for electron-beam devices-A technology review

• Published in: IEEE transactions on electron devices Vol. 33; no. 11; pp. 1902 - 1914
• Main Author: Curren, A.N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Legacy CDMS IEEE 01.11.1986; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Electronic tubes, masers; Electronics; Electronics And Electrical Engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Electrodes; Collector; Electron beam; Yield; Review; Secondary electron emission; Microwave amplifier; Coatings; Carbon; Multistage circuit; Microwave tube

The efficiency of multistage depressed collectors (MDC's) for electron-beam amplifier tubes is strongly affected by the secondary electron emission characteristics of the collector electrode surfaces. Specifically, to recover the maximum kinetic energy from the tube's spent electron beam a...