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US4207494A
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Microwave tubes provided with permanent magnet type magnetic circuits
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1978-03-22
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Granted: 1980-06-10
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Expires: 1998-03-22
Abstract
Abstract In a microwave tube of the type wherein an electron beam emitted by an electron gun is focused and caused to interact with an input high frequency wave at a high frequency circuit unit by magnetic flux generated by a permanent magnet type magnetic circuit, and the electron beam after the interaction is collected by a hollow cylindrical collector, a leakage flux generating means is provided near the entrance of the collector for generating leakage flux acting upon the electron beam. The leakage flux is produced by providing a notch for a pole piece adjacent to the collector and connected to the high frequency circuit unit or by reducing the cross-sectional area of the pole piece for magnetically saturating the pole piece itself or by keeping the pole piece in contact only with a portion of one end of the permanent magnet.
Inventors
- 👤 Fujio Hatakenaka
- 👤 Hisaaki Sato
- 👤 Isamu Tsuchiya
- 👤 Shigemoto Murata
- 👤 Yoji Morishita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-10 01:56
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J23/00; H01J23/02; H01J23/08; H01J23/087
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A microwave tube provided with a permanent magnet type magnetic circuit, comprising an electron gun for emitting an electron beam, a high frequency circuit unit for causing an interaction between said electron beam and input high frequency wave, a hollow cylindrical collector for collecting the electron beam which has been subjected to said interaction, said electron gun, said high frequency circuit unit and said collector being aligned in the axial direction of said tube, and a magnetic circuit for producing an axial magnetic flux of one polarity through said high frequency circuit unit for focusing said electron beam, said magnetic circuit including a permanent magnet and a pair of pole pieces arranged at the opposite ends of said high frequency circuit unit, and leakage flux generating means for generating leakage magnetic flux acting upon said electron beam near an entrance of said collector, said leakage magnetic flux being produced by said magentic circuit and forming a focussing peak having the same polarity with respect to said electron beam near the entrance to said collector as said axial magnetic flux.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
179 words
A microwave tube provided with a permanent magnet type magnetic circuit, comprising an electron gun for emitting an electron beam, a high frequency circuit unit for causing an interaction between said electron beam and input high frequency wave, a hollow cylindrical collector for collecting the electron beam which has been subjected to said interaction, said electron gun, said high frequency circuit unit and said collector being aligned in the axial direction of said tube, and a magnetic circuit for producing an axial magnetic flux of one polarity through said high frequency circuit unit for focusing said electron beam, said magnetic circuit including a permanent magnet and a pair of pole pieces arranged at the opposite ends of said high frequency circuit unit, and leakage flux generating means for generating leakage magnetic flux acting upon said electron beam near an entrance of said collector, said leakage magnetic flux being produced by said magentic circuit and forming a focussing peak having the same polarity with respect to said electron beam near the entrance to said collector as said axial magnetic flux.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The microwave tube according to claim 1 wherein said leakage flux generating means comprises means for magnetically saturating one of said pole pieces which is disposed to face said collector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
The microwave tube according to claim 2 wherein said one pole piece comprises a cylindrical member having an axial hollow portion, and a nozzle-like portion extending from one end of said cylindrical member toward said high frequency circuit unit with a tapered inner wall of said nozzle-like portion facing the electron beam entrance of said collector, said tapered inner wall being provided with a notch.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The microwave tube according to claim 3 wherein said notch extends over the entire periphery of said inner wall.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The microwave tube according to claim 3 wherein the portion of the outer periphery of said collector confronting said notch is projected outwardly toward said notch.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
78 words
The microwave tube according to claim 3 wherein said pole piece comprises a cylindrical member and a nozzle shaped member extending from one end of said cylindrical member toward said high frequency circuit unit and having a tapered inner wall and said collector is inserted into said pole piece with its electron beam entrance opposed to said tapered inner wall, the wall thickness of said nozzle shaped member gradually decreasing toward the tip thereof thereby causing magnetic saturation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The microwave tube according to claim 1 wherein each permanent magnet takes the form of a bar, one end of said magnet engaging a portion of the pole piece adjacent said collector with the portion of said one end not engaging said pole piece acting as said leakage flux generating means.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-06-10 | 1983-12-10 | 1984-06-10 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-06-10 | 1987-12-10 | 1988-06-10 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-06-10 | 1991-12-10 | 1992-06-10 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |