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Power vacuum tubes encompass a field of science which is as broad, exciting, and forward-looking as it is historical. It is an area of growing importance to military, scientific, and industrial customers, and a discipline in which significant research is being conducted. Power vacuum tubes include a wide range of devices, each for specific applications. These devices include power grid tubes (triodes, tetrodes, and pentodes) and microwave power tubes (klystrons, traveling wave tubes, gyrotrons, and numerous other high-frequency devices). Continuing research is being conducted for both tube classes to extend output power and maximum frequency, and to improve operating efficiency. This handbook examines the underlying technology of each type of power vacuum tube device in common use today and provides examples of typical applications. New development efforts also are covered, and the benefits of the work discussed. Comprehensive in scope, thoroughly illustrated with over 400 technical drawings, and covering the most modern vacuum tube research and applications, Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook is the definitive reference work in the field of vacuum tube technology.

Electrical Engineering High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies A volume in the IEEE Press Series on RF and Microwave Technology Roger D. Pollard and Richard Booton, Series Editors Written by a prolific group of leading researchers, High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies focuses primarily on the high-power microwave (HPM) technology most appropriate for military applications. It highlights the advances achieved from 1995 to 2000 as the result of a US Department of Defense (DoD) funded, $15 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program. The grant created a synergy between researchers in the DoD laboratories and the academic community, and established links with the microwave vacuum electronics industry, which has led to unprecedented collaborations that transcend laboratory and disciplinary boundaries. This essential reference provides the history, state-of-the-art, and possible future of HPM source research and technologies. The first alternative to the multiplicity of detailed applications-based HPM books and journal articles, this book familiarizes the reader with recent advances in this rapidly changing field. It presents a compendium of valuable information on HPM sources, representing significant enabling technologies, including beam and rf control, cathodes, windows, and computational techniques. The era of utilizing computational techniques to electronically design an HPM source prior to actually building the hardware has arrived. Gain insight into proven techniques and solutions that will enhance your source design. High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies is an invaluable resource to researchers active in the field, faculty, graduate and post-graduate students. Special Note: All royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publications activities of graduate students in the HPM field.