Mixed lines crossed fields oscillator or amplifier

Claim 1

A MAGNETRON DEVICE COMPRISING AN ANODE STRUCTURE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED CONDUCTIVE ANODE SEGMENTS JOINED AT ONE END TO A CONDUCTING STRUCTURE DEFINING AN ANODE CIRCUIT BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SEGMENTS, MEANS PROVIDING AN ELECTRON BEAM ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CONDUCTING SEGMENTS INCLUDING MEANS SUBJECTING SAID BEAM TO CROSSED ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS TO ESTABLISH MOTION OF SAID ELECTRON BEAM TO PROVIDE HIGH FREQUENCY EXCITATION OF SAID ANODE STRUCTURE, CONDUCTIVE MEANS CONNECTED TO ALTERNATE ANODE SEGMENTS ESTABLISHING CAPCITIVE COUPLING OVER ONE PORTION OF SAID ANODE AND COOPERATING THEREWITH TO PROVIDE A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY VERSUS PHASE SHIFT PER ANODE SEGMENT CHARACTERISTIC FOR SAID PORTION OF SAID ANODE, THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID ANODE HAVING A DIFFERENT COUPLING BETWEEN SAID ANODE SEGMENTS TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY VERSUS PHASE SHIFT PER ANODE SEGMENT CHARACTERISTIC WHICH INTERSECTS SAID FIRST CHARACTERISTIC SO THAT STABLE OPERATION IS ATTAINED FOR A FREQUENCY CORRESPONDING TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID FREQUENCY VERSUS PHASE SHIFT PER ANODE SEGMENT CHARACTERISTICS, EACH OF SAID ANODE PORTIONS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT ANODE CIRCUITS.