Abstract:
A beam generating system for electron tubes, particularly travelling wave tubes, is formed of a beam shaping electrode and a dispenser cathode supported therein having an emission disk at its end face. A positional change of the dispenser cathode in the beam shaping electrode at different ambient temperatures is suppressed with the beam generating system, and thus a beam defocussing is avoided. According to the invention, the dispenser cathode is directly connected to the beam shaping electron and is connected below the emission disk by means of a radial cathode support. The beam generating system of this type is particularly employed in travelling wave tubes.
Abstract:
A traveling wave tube having a helical delay line has a plurality of dielectric holding rods for supporting the delay line relative to a vacuum envelope. The holding rods are firmly adhered to the delay line and the envelope by means of solid-state reactions.