Transformers having a plurality of secondary windings and charged particle sources of double pulsing system utilizing such transformers

Claim 1

IN A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM GENERATOR INCLUDING (1) A CHARGED PARTICLE SOURCE FROM WHICH CHARGED PARTICLES ARE EMITTED, (2) ACCELERATING MEANS FOR ACCELERATING THE CHARGED PARTICLES EMITTED FROM SAID CHARGED PARTICLES SOURCE, AND (3) CONTROL MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID CHARGED PARTICLES SOURCE AND SAID ACCELERATING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE EMISSION OF THE CHARGED PARTICLES, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, (4) A PULSE TRANSFORMER INCLUDING A PRIMARY WINDING AND A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY WINDINGS, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID SECONDARY WINDINGS BEING FORMED INTO A DISTRIBUTED CONSTANT TRANSMISSION LINE HAVING A UNIFORM CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY BAND, (5) MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A FIRST PULSE VOLTAGE TO SAID PRIMARY WINDING OF SAID PULSE TRANSFORMER, (6) A MATCHING IMPEDANCE ELEMENT HAVING AN IMPEDANCE MATCHING THE CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE OF SAID DISTRIBUTED CONSTANT TRANSMISSION LINE CONSTITUTED OF SAID TWO SECONDARY WINDINGS OF THE PULSE TRANSFORMER, (7) MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID MATCHING IMPEDANCE ELEMENT BETWEEN ONE PAIR OF CORRESPONDING END TERMINALS OF SAID TWO SECONDARY WINDINGS AT ONE END OF THE DISTRIBUTED CONSTANT TRANSMISSION LINE,