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Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HOUSING HAVING A CAVITY DEFINED BY AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SURFACE EXTENDING IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND HAVING A PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION AND PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS TO DEFINE A GROUND PLANE, AN ELECTRONIC VALVE DISPOSED INSIDE OF SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING IN THE FIRST DIRECTION IN DISPLACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SURFACE AND SAID VALVE INCLUDING A CATHODE AND CONTROL ELECTRODE AND AN OUTPUT ELECTRODE, SAID VALVE INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD TERMINAL MEANS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VALVE IN DISPLACED RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER, THE FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD TERMINAL MEANS BEING ELECTRICALLY COUPLED RESPECTIVELY TO THE CATHODE AND THE CONTROL ELECTRODE AND THE OUTPUT ELECTRODE OF THE VALVE, A FIRST TRANSMISSION LINE INCLUDING AT LEAST A FIRST CONDUCTIVE GROUND PLANE HAVING THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS AND HAVING THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS OF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION LINE ALIGNED AND IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS OF THE HOUSING AND INCLUDING A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR UNIFORMLY SPACED FROM SAID GROUND PLANE AND HAVING AN ARCUATE CONFIGURATION IN A SECOND PLANE TRANSVERSE TO THE FIRST DIRECTION, THE FIRST TRANSMISSION LINE BEING CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO THE SECOND TERMINAL MEANS, AND A SECOND TRANSMISSION LINE INCLUDING AT LEAST A SECOND CONDUCTIVE GROUND PLANE HAVING THE PARTICULAR CONFIGURATION AND SUBSTANTIALLY THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS AND HAVING THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS OF THE SECOND TRANSMISSION LINE ALIGNED AND IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTICULAR DIMENSIONS OF THE HOUSING AND INCLUDING A SECOND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR UNIFORMLY SPACED FROM THE SECOND GROUND PLANE AND HAVING AN ARCUATE CONFIGURATION IN THE SECOND PLANE, THE SECOND TRANSMISSION LINE BEING CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO THE THIRD TERMINAL MEANS.