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in the catcher to provide a feedback port. The input and feedback ports are con-
nected together externally tO the klystron through either a waveguide or a trans-
mission line that provides sufficient time delay to ensure in-phase feedback. The
amplifier klystron then becomes an oscillator.
A reflex klystron
(Fig. 11-14) requires only a single resonant cavity and replaces
the collector with a
repeller electrode.
This electrode is biased with a negative poten-
tial to turn back electrons. The bunching phenomenon occurs in the vicinity of the
repeller electrode. Bunched electrons returning to the cavity form ...