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, reliabiliterformance 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

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Praise for Previous Editions

…a valuable resource for practicing electrical engineers and others involved with vacuum tubes and related equipment.

—E.M. Aupperle, in Choice, December 1999

Contents

Power Vacuum Tube Applications

Vacuum Tube Development

Vacuum Tube Applications

Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum

Modulation Systems and Characteristics

Modulation Systems

Operating Class

Thermal and Circuit Noise

Amplitude Modulation

Frequency Modulation

Pulse Modulation

Spread Spectrum Systems

Vacuum Tube Principles

Characteristics of Electrons

Types of Vacuum Tubes

High-Frequency Operating Limits

Vacuum Tube Design

Tube Construction

Neutralizati...