Cathode technology overview - Current status & future directions

2008 IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference, IVEC with 9th IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference, IVESC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-4

  Green, Michael C ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

BWO; Cathode; Cathode life test; CloudSat; Coated cathode; Dispenser cathode; High current density; Millimeter wave; Osmium; Reservoir cathode; Scandate cathode; Scandiadoped tungsten; Sputter deposition; Terahertz device; W band radar

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SOURCES; ELECTRON TUBES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; THERMIONIC CATHODES;

BWO; CATHODE; CATHODE LIFE TEST; CLOUDSAT; COATED CATHODE; DISPENSER CATHODE; HIGH-CURRENT-DENSITY; MILLIMETER WAVE; OSMIUM; RESERVOIR CATHODE; SCANDATE CATHODE; SCANDIADOPED TUNGSTEN; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TERAHERTZ DEVICE; W-BAND RADAR;

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51349124433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IVELEC.2008.4556554     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

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2. Wang, Y., J. Wang, W. Liu, K. Zhang, and J. Li, "Development of High Current-Density Cathodes with Scandia-Doped Tungsten Powders," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1061-1070, May 2007