Abstract:
A dispenser cathode which comprises an emission surface, a reservoir for material releasing, when heated, work-function-lowering particles, and at least one passage for allowing diffusion of work-function-lowering particles from said reservoir to said emission surface, said emission surface comprising at least one emission area and at least one non-emission area covered with emission-suppressing material and surrounding each emission area, said non-emission area comprising at least one passage connecting said reservoir with said non-emission area and debouching within a diffusion length distance from an emission area for allowing diffusion of work-function-lowering particles from said reservoir to said emission area.
Abstract:
There is provided an impregnated-type cathode substrate comprising a large particle diameter low porosity region and a small particle diameter high porosity region which is provided in a side of an electron emission surface of the large particle diameter low porosity region and has an average particle diameter smaller than an average particle diameter of the large particle diameter low pore region and a porosity higher than a porosity of the large particle diameter low porosity region, the impregnated-type cathode being impregnated with an electron emission substance.
Abstract:
An impregnated cathode and a method of manufacturing the same are provided for suppressing emission of unwanted electrons and particles generated from an excess electron emitting substance so as to achieve a steady electron emission characteristic. The impregnated cathode is placed directly beneath an electron emission hole of a first grid. The impregnated cathode is made up of a first sintered porous element whose surface functions as an electron emitting region and a second sintered porous element whose surface is a peripheral region other than the electron emitting region. The porosity of the first sintered porous element is greater than that of the second sintered porous element. Not only the first sintered porous element having the electron emitting region but also the second sintered porous element corresponding to the region around the electron emitting region is impregnated with the electron emitting substance. In addition, the amount of the electron emitting substance per unit volume contained in the first sintered porous element is greater than that contained in the second sintered porous element.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating a cathode member or pellet is provided, which realizes the sufficiently large increase of the electron emission capability by the current activation process and that prevents the maximum cathode current from being lowered as long as an electron emissive agent exists in the cathode member. First, (a) a nickel powder and a rare-earth-metal oxide powder are provided. (b) The nickel powder and the rare-earth-metal oxide powder are uniformly mixed together, thereby producing a first powder mixture. (c) The first powder mixture is heated in a hydrogen atmosphere, an inert atmosphere, or a vacuum atmosphere, thereby producing an intermetallic compound of nickel and the rare-earth metal in the first powder mixture. (d) The first powder mixture containing the intermetallic compound is uniformly mixed with an electron-emissive agent powder, thereby producing a second powder mixture. (e) The second powder mixture is sintered by a HIP process, thereby forming a cathode member. The intermetallic compound produced in the first powder mixture has a function to chemically decompose the electron emissive agent to thereby increase the electron emission performance of the electron emissive agent.
Abstract:
A directly heated cathode structure includes a porous pellet impregnated with an electron radiating material, a cup-shaped container holding the porous pellet, a metal member welded to the container, and a filament between the container and the metal member, restricting thermionic emission through the base and sides of the pellet and extending the life of the cathode structure.
Abstract:
A directly heated cathode structure includes a porous pellet impregnated with a cathode material, a first metal member fixed to a surface of the porous pellet, a second metal member welded to the first metal member, and a filament interposed between the first and second metal members. A method for manufacturing a directly heated cathode structure includes manufacturing a porous pellet having a multiplicity of cavities, welding a first metal member to a surface of the porous pellet with a brazing layer, impregnating the cavities of the pellet with an electron radiating material, and welding a second metal member to the first metal member with a filament disposed between the first and second metal members. The useful life of the cathode structure is prolonged since thermions are not emitted through the surface of the pellet covered by the metal member.
Abstract:
A display apparatus for displaying pictures virtually instantaneously adopts a direct-heating type cathode of an impregnated structure, and includes a cathode ray tube having a dispenser cathode wherein a cathode material is filled in pores of a porous body and a porous heater is directly connected to the cathode material. A voltage generator of the apparatus produces a first voltage for driving the heater. A video signal supply portion supplies a video signal to the cathode, while a deflector deflects horizontally and vertically an electron beam generated from the cathode to produce a raster by scanning the fluorescent surface of the cathode ray tube. A flyback transformer generates a second voltage to be supplied to the anode and one or more grids of the cathode ray tube using a horizontal deflection output signal supplied from the deflector. With the described arrangement, an electron-emitting velocity of an electron gun reaches its maximum value within about one second after power is applied. Thus, the display apparatus can be adapted to an HDTV requiring high current density electron-emitting characteristics.
Abstract:
To maintain a monolayer of scandium, which is necessary for a satisfactory emission on the surface of a scandate cathode, at least the top layer of the cathode is provided with a scandium-containing oxidic phase from which Scandium is supplied by segregation from this oxidic phase.
Abstract:
An improved scandate cathode is made from a hollow cylinder of a metal thatill not react with Sc.sub.2 (WO.sub.4).sub.3. The first step in making such a cathode is to insert a metal plug at the bottom of the cylinder to a height that will allow the remaining volume of the cylinder to be filled with the reactants WO.sub.3 and Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3. Next, the reactants are heated in a vacuum to about 1100.degree. C. to form the reaction product Sc.sub.2 (WO.sub.4).sub.3. The plug is then removed from the cylinder, the cylinder is inverted, and BaH.sub.2 is added to the volume of the cylinder that had been occupied by the plug. Finally, the cylinder is heated to decompose the BaH.sub.2.
Abstract translation:由不会与Sc2(WO4)3反应的金属的中空圆筒制成改进的钪酸盐阴极。 制造这样的阴极的第一步是将金属塞子插入圆筒的底部至允许圆筒的剩余体积填充反应物WO 3和Sc 2 O 3的高度。 接下来,将反应物在真空中加热至约1100℃以形成反应产物Sc2(WO4)3。 然后将塞子从圆筒中取出,将圆筒倒置,并将BaH2加入已被塞子占据的圆筒的体积中。 最后,加热汽缸以分解BaH2。
Abstract:
A cathode and a process of manufacturing the same are disclosed, the cathode comprising; a molybdenum cup having a convex portion, free barium atoms produced through reactions with an impregnation compound, a porous metal layer sealingly welded to the top of the cup, and a heating member having an uppermost head portion inserted into the lower space of the convex portion of the cup. According to the cathode of the present invention, the disadvantages of the conventional cathodes such as the speedy evaporation of barium during the initial stage, and the degrading of the performance and the shortening of the life expectancy due to the reaction byproducts produced in the porous metal layer can be overcome, while a quick start-up characteristics can also be obtained owing to the speedy diffusion of the barium.