• DocumentCode
    1019673
  • Title

    Electron beam switched P-N junctions

  • Author

    Brown, A.V.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Corporation, Yorktown Heights, N. Y.
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1963
  • fDate
    1/1/1963 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    A high-speed, high-power switching device is analyzed and experimental results presented. The device consists of a back-biased p-n junction switched by an electron beam. A single position tube for use as a magnetic core driver has been tested. The device operated at a beam voltage of 19 kv and can give a 150-v, 1.5-a output pulse with a rise time of less than 4 nsec and a maximum device power dissipation of 14 w. Designs for a multiposition device and also a high-power amplifier, similar in operation to the single position device are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Driver circuits; Electron beams; High power amplifiers; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic cores; P-n junctions; Power dissipation; Pulse amplifiers; Testing; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1963.15074
  • Filename
    1473377