Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems – Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the... – Electron or ion source
Patent
1981-06-22
1984-10-02
LaRoche, Eugene R.
Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
Discharge device load with fluent material supply to the...
Electron or ion source
31511131, 313131A, 250426, H01J 2702
Patent
active
044750633
ABSTRACT:
A hollow cathode apparatus is described, which can be rapidly and reliably started. An ignitor (30) positioned upstream from the hollow cathode (20), generates a puff of plasma (36) that flows with the primary gas to be ionized through the cathode. The plasma puff creates a high voltage breakdown between the downstream end (24) of the cathode and a keeper electrode (32), to heat the cathode to an electron-emitting temperature.
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De Luca Vincent
Jones Thomas H.
LaRoche Eugene R.
Manning John R.
McCaul Paul F.
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