Book description
Providing examples of applications, Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, Third Edition examines the underlying technology of each type of power vacuum tube device in common use today. The author presents basic principles, reports on new development efforts, and discusses implementation and maintenance considerations. Supporting mathematical equations and extensive technical illustrations and schematic diagrams help readers understand the material.
Translate Principles into Specific Applications
This one-stop reference is a hands-on guide for engineering personnel involved in the design, specification, installation, and maintenance of high-power equipment utilizing vacuum tubes. It offers a comprehensive look at the important area of high-frequency/high-power applications of microwave power devices, making it possible for general principles to be translated into specific applications. Coverage includes power grid tubes—triodes, tetrodes, and pentodes—as well as microwave power tubes such as klystrons, traveling wave tubes, gyrotrons, and other high-frequency devices. These vacuum tubes are used in applications from radio broadcasting to television, radar, satellite communications, and more.
Explore a Wide Variety of Methods in Power Vacuum Tube Design
This third edition includes updates on vacuum tube technology, devices, applications, design methods, and modulation methods. It also expands its scope to cover properties of materials and RF system maintenance and troubleshooting. Explaining difficult concepts and processes clearly, this handbook guides readers in the design and selection of a power vacuum tube-based system.
What’s New in This Edition
- Includes two new chapters on properties of materials and RF system maintenance and troubleshooting
- Contains updates and additions in most chapters
- Identifies key applications for commercial and scientific research
- Examines the frontiers of materials science directly impacting construction, reliability, and performance
- Reviews methods of power tube design for more efficient, longer-lasting tubes
- Features updated illustrations throughout to clarify and explain fundamental principles and implementation considerations
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Author
- 1 Power Vacuum Tube Applications
- 2 Modulation Systems and Characteristics
- 3 Vacuum Tube Principles
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4 Designing Vacuum Tube Systems
- 4.1 Introduction
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4.2 Principles of RF Power Amplification
- 4.2.1 Drive Power Requirements
- 4.2.2 Mechanical and Electrical Considerations
- 4.2.3 Bypassing Tube Elements
- 4.2.4 Parasitic Oscillations
- 4.2.5 Shielding
- 4.2.6 Protection Measures
- 4.2.7 Cavity Amplifier Systems
- 4.2.8 Bandwidth and Efficiency
- 4.2.9 Current Paths
- 4.2.10 1/4-Wavelength Cavity
- 4.2.11 1/2-Wavelength Cavity
- 4.2.12 Folded 1/2-Wavelength Cavity
- 4.2.13 Wideband Cavity
- 4.2.14 Output Coupling
- 4.2.15 Mechanical Design
- 4.3 High-Voltage Power Supplies
- 5 Applying Vacuum Tube Devices
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6 Microwave Power Tubes
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Grid Vacuum Tubes
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6.3 Klystron
- 6.3.1 Reflex Klystron
- 6.3.2 Two-Cavity Klystron
- 6.3.3 Multicavity Klystron
- 6.3.4 Beam Pulsing
- 6.3.5 Integral vs. External Cavity
- 6.3.6 MSDC Klystron
- 6.4 Klystrode/lnductive Output Tube
- 6.5 Constant Efficiency Amplifier
- 6.6 Traveling Wave Tube
- 6.7 Crossed-Field Tubes
- 6.8 Other Microwave Devices
- 6.9 Microwave Tube Life
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7 RF Interconnection and Switching
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Coaxial Transmission Line
- 7.3 Waveguide
- 7.4 RF Combiner and Diplexer Systems
- 7.5 High-Power Isolators
- 8 Properties of Materials
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9 Cooling Considerations
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Application of Cooling Principles
- 9.3 Operating Environment
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10 Reliability Considerations
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Quality Assurance
- 10.3 Reliability Analysis
- 10.4 Vacuum Tube Reliability
- 10.5 Klystron Reliability
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11 Device Performance Criteria
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Measurement Parameters
- 11.3 Vacuum Tube Operating Parameters
- 11.4 Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
- 11.5 Radio Frequency System Performance
- 12 RF System Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 13 Safe Handling of Vacuum Tube Devices
- Appendix: Mathematics, Symbols, and Physical Constants
- Index
Product information
- Title: Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2017
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781351833271
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