3results about "Cathode-ray/electron-beam tube circuit elements" patented technology

There is disclosed a gated power supply for a night vision system includes an input terminal to receive source power, and output terminal to electrically couple to a photocathode, a first voltage source to source a positive or neutral voltage to the photocathode, a second voltage source to source a large negative voltage to the photocathode, and a switching circuit to switch between the first voltage source and the second voltage source on a duty cycle, wherein the switching circuit comprises an optical switch.

The invention discloses a field emission electron gun driving circuit which comprises an FEG data transmission module, an extraction electrode voltage module, a cathode heating current module, a suppression electrode voltage module, an ion pump power supply module and an analog quantity detection module. The FEG data transmission module is used for converting a digital control signal sent by the upper computer through the IC bus into an analog signal, transmitting the analog signal to other modules in the driving circuit, receiving an analog quantity detection signal of the analog quantity detection module, converting the analog quantity detection signal into a digital quantity, and transmitting the digital quantity back to the upper computer through the IC bus; the ion pump power module is used for providing working power for the ion pump; the cathode heating current module is used for generating constant current to heat a cathode filament; the suppression electrode voltage module is used for generating suppression electrode voltage; the leading-out electrode voltage module is used for generating leading-out electrode voltage; the analog quantity detection module is used for detecting analog quantity signals of all the modules and transmitting the analog quantity signals to the FEG data transmission module. The method has the advantages of good stability, high reliability and the like.

An electron beam source includes a vacuum chamber containing a cathode and an anode separated by a vacuum gap forming a local full-voltage capacitive structure storing electrical energy at an operating voltage. A high-voltage power supply charges the capacitive structure without an intervening Marx generator, linear transformer driver, Tesla transformer, pulse-forming network, or pulse-forming transmission line. A triggering arrangement initiates electron emission to produce electron pulses traversing the vacuum gap, with discharged electrical energy transferred predominantly to electrons crossing the gap. In some embodiments, the local capacitive structure stores a majority of total electrical energy stored at the operating voltage in capacitances directly coupled between conductors at cathode and anode potentials. Multi-beam configurations, beam steering, passive synchronization, and contamination management features may be included.