• DocumentCode
    1522462
  • Title

    Hot-cathode mercury rectifier tubes for high power broadcast transmitters

  • Author

    Steiner, H. C.

  • Author_Institution
    Vacuum Tube Engineering Department, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1935
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    111
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the new and large hot-cathode mercury-vapor rectifier tube that is used in the plate power rectifier of the Crosley (WLW) 500-kilowatt broadcast transmitter. Design features resulting in improved operation of mercury-vapor tubes are discussed together with the operating characteristics. An analysis of the advantages of the unit half-wave type of rectifier tube is made.
  • Keywords
    Anodes; Cathodes; Cooling; Electron tubes; Heating; Radio transmitters; Rectifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0731-5996
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRE.1935.6449181
  • Filename
    6449181