Abstract:
A Pierce electron gun is provided having a cathode, a focusing electrode surrounding the cathode, and an anode disposed a fixed distance from the cathode and having an opening therethrough. The electron gun has at least one grading electrode disposed between the focusing electrode and the anode. The grading electrode controls shape of equipotential lines of an electric potential difference provided between the anode and the cathode, to purposely reduce field gradient levels formed by the electric potential difference. The grading electrode further has a double radial bend having an inner radial curve of a first radius and an outer radial curve of a second radius.
Abstract:
A novel electron beam apparatus and technique wherein a plurality of longitudinally extending heated filaments is employed, each similarly offset laterally of a central longitudinal axis, but with successive filaments alternately disposed on opposite sides of said axis and cooperating with a first low velocity accelerating stage comprising staggered grid slots and openings, and a high velocity second accelerating stage to provide long uniform longitudinal electron beams.
Abstract:
A charged particle beam generating apparatus of multi-stage acceleration type includes a charged particle beam source and a multi-stage acceleration tube having a plurality of acceleration electrodes arranged in cascade over a plurality of stages within the tube. A plurality of outer shield electrodes are disposed in concentrical relation on the radially outer side of the multi-stage acceleration tube over the plural stages to be applied with the same potentials as those of the associated acceleration electrodes respectively. Finally, a plurality of dividing resistors are disposed outside of the multi-stage acceleration tube or between the outer shield electrodes and the multi-stage acceleration tube so as to apply predetermined potentials to the acceleration electrodes, respectively.
Abstract:
The electron gun includes a spherically concave cathode emitter with a pair of axially spaced spherically concave focus and control grids closely spaced overlaying the cathode emitter for controlling the beam current. The grids are supported from a common thermally conductive tubular grid support structure via the intermediary of first and second annular members one of which is a thermally conductive insulator. One or more of the grids are serrated about their peripheries to define a plurality of radially directed fingers bonded to the end of a respective annular grid support member. In an alternative embodiment, the end of the annular grid support member, as bonded to the serrated grid, is castellated to accommodate differences in thermal expansion between the grid and the annular grid support member.
Abstract:
A laminar flow electron gun employing a narrow, elongated cathode for forming a rectangular beam and a plurality of electrodes having narrow, elongated apertures cooperating with said cathode to draw electrons from said cathode and operate on the electrons to focus the rectangular beam onto a target by providing a parallel flow region adjacent said cathode, followed by a divergent flow region, in turn, followed by a convergent flow or focusing region.
Abstract:
A particle accelerator for obtaining high energy particle beams, comprises an accelerating structure S.sub.A, one mirror or two mirrors constituted with magnetic achromatic and stigmatic deviators and a source K of particles located at the entry of the accelerating structure S.sub.A and having an annular shape allowing the accelerated particles having passed twice through the accelerating structure S.sub.A to cross the source K, the axis of the source K being coincidental with the axis of the accelerating stucture S.sub.A. Magnetic fields are determined in such a manner that the mirrors totally reflect the particles having a predetermined energy level and totally transmit the particles having an energy level higher than this predetermined energy level.
Abstract:
A dual-perveance gridded electron gun is disclosed for selectively providing a high-perveance pulsed electron beam and a low-perveance continuous electron beam. A screen grid which projects over a peripheral portion only of an electron emissive cathode surface is disposed between the emissive surface and a control grid which extends substantially across the emissive surface. Relative potentials are applied to the cathode and to the control and screen grids such that in the higher perveance mode substantially all of the cathode emissive surface emits electrons, while in the lower perveance mode electron emission is substantially precluded from the peripheral portion of the emissive surface over which the screen grid projects.