History of Electron Tubes
History of Electron Tubes

Author: Sōgo Okamura

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9789051991451

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Almost 90 years have passed since the invention of the thermionic electron valve in 1904 by Sir John Ambrose Fleming. During this period, the development of electron tubes created the so called Electroni Age. Electron tubes played the leading role in the electronic equipments until the middle of the 1950s when solid state devices such as transistors and integrated circuits replaced electron tubes in various applications and accelerated the electronic age.

A History of the Electron
A History of the Electron

Author: Jaume Navarro

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1107005221

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An intellectual biography of J. J. and G. P. Thomson for academics and graduate students, focusing on the concept of the electron.

Modern Developments in Vacuum Electron Sources
Modern Developments in Vacuum Electron Sources

Author: Georg Gaertner

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-10-09

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 3030472914

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This book gives an overview of modern cathodes and electron emitters for vacuum tubes and vacuum electron devices in general. It covers the latest developments in field emission theory as well as new methods towards improving thermionic and cold cathodes. It addresses thermionic cathodes, such as oxide cathodes, impregnated and scandate cathodes, as well as photocathodes and field emitters – the latter comprising carbon nanotubes, graphene and Spindt-type emitter arrays. Despite the rise and fall of the once dominant types of vacuum tubes, such as radio valves and cathode ray tubes, cathodes are continually being improved upon as new applications with increased demands arise, for example in electron beam lithography, high-power and high-frequency microwave tubes, terahertz imaging and electron sources for accelerators. Written by 17 experts in the field, the book presents the latest developments in cathodes needed for these applications, discussing the state of the art and addressing future trends.

Handbook of Electron Tube and Vacuum Techniques
Handbook of Electron Tube and Vacuum Techniques

Author: Fred Rosebury

Publisher: American Institute of Physics

Published: 1997-08-01

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 1563961210

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Market: Students and researchers in space and high-vacuum technology and materials science. This handbook was originally prepared so that workers would not have to consult a great many sources to learn what procedures and materials were used to construct tubes and other evacuated devices. Even now, as space and high-vacuum research are yielding new information daily, much of the subject matter in this seminal work, such as properties of materials, are as cogent as they were in 1964 when the book was first published.

J.J. Thompson And The Discovery Of The Electron
J.J. Thompson And The Discovery Of The Electron

Author: E. A. Davis

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0203484096

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This historical survey of the discovery of the electron has been published to coincide with the centenary of the discovery. The text maps the life and achievements of J.J. Thomson, with particular focus on his ideas and experiments leading to the discovery. It describes Thomson's early years and education. It then considers his career at Cambridge, first as a fellow of Trinity, later as the head of the Cavendish Laboratory and finally as Master of Trinity and national spokesman for science. The core of the book is concerned with the work undertaken at the Cavendish, culminating in the discovery of "corpuscles", later named "electrons".; In the final two chapters, the immediate aftermath and implications of the work are described. These include the creation of the subject of atomic physics as well as the broader long term developments which can be traced from vacuum valves and the transistor through to the microelectronics revolution.

Much Ado about Almost Nothing
Much Ado about Almost Nothing

Author: Hans Camenzind

Publisher: Hans Camenzind

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780615139951

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A history of electricity and electronics, and how the electron at first bothered mankind, then gradually became useful, and now dominates our lives.

Vacuum Electronics
Vacuum Electronics

Author: Joseph A. Eichmeier

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-03-04

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 3540719296

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Nineteen experts from the electronics industry, research institutes and universities have joined forces to prepare this book. It does nothing less than provide a complete overview of the electrophysical fundamentals, the present state of the art and applications, as well as the future prospects of microwave tubes and systems. The book does the same for optoelectronics vacuum devices, electron and ion beam devices, light and X-ray emitters, particle accelerators and vacuum interrupters.