The Vintage Magazine
Advertisement speaks conventional valve sets a limit to the frequency of
oscillations. The Old Ad suggests
THE REFLEX KLYSTRON OSCILLATOR
Since the invention by De Forest of the radio
"Valve", the klystron tube, a wartime invention for radar, has
substantially widened the usable electromagnetic spectrum. The conventional
valve sets a limit to the frequency of oscillations that may be obtained from
it. This is due to the time taken for electrons to travel from the cathode of
the valve to its anode as a result of which higher frequencies cannot be
generated.
The reflex klystron overcomes this by a very clever
principle. A tuned cavity velocity modulates an electron beam traversing it. A
charged electrode set in the path of the beam reflects it back forming
"bunches" of electrons. The returning electron bunches sustain an RF
(Radia Frequency) field in the cavity
giving rise to super high frequency oscillations of the order of thousands of
megacycles per second.
Reflex klystron oscillators are part of standard
micro-wave terminal equipment supplied by ITI to the Posts and Telegraphs
department for providing high grade, multi-channel, and telephone links.
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