Title :
Hot-cathode mercury rectifier tubes for high power broadcast transmitters
Author_Institution :
Vacuum Tube Engineering Department, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
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;
Journal_Title :
Radio Engineers, Proceedings of the Institute of
DOI :
10.1109/IRE.1935.6449181
