GB730033A - Improvements in or relating to electric gaseous discharge tubes - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to electric gaseous discharge tubes

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Publication number
GB730033A
GB730033A GB18630/52A GB1863052A GB730033A GB 730033 A GB730033 A GB 730033A GB 18630/52 A GB18630/52 A GB 18630/52A GB 1863052 A GB1863052 A GB 1863052A GB 730033 A GB730033 A GB 730033A
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Prior art keywords
cathode
gas
temperature coefficient
tube
argon
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GB18630/52A
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George Francis Klepp
Donald Miller
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STC PLC
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Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Priority to GB18630/52A priority Critical patent/GB730033A/en
Priority to US368641A priority patent/US2874324A/en
Priority to DEI7497A priority patent/DE1033336B/en
Publication of GB730033A publication Critical patent/GB730033A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J17/00—Gas-filled discharge tubes with solid cathode
    • H01J17/38—Cold-cathode tubes
    • H01J17/48—Cold-cathode tubes with more than one cathode or anode, e.g. sequence-discharge tube, counting tube, dekatron

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  • Discharge Lamp (AREA)
  • Gas-Filled Discharge Tubes (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)

Abstract

730,033. Cold-cathode tubes. STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES, Ltd. July 23, 1952, No. 18630/52. Class 39(1). A method of manufacture of a cold cathode gas-filled electric glow discharge tube suitable for providing a reference voltage comprises the step of adjusting the pressure of the gas filling, prior to sealing off the envelope of the tube, so that under given operating conditions of normal glow discharge in the sealed-off tube, the temperature coefficient of anode-cathode maintaining voltage is substantially zero. It is stated that rather than to take measurements of the actual temperature coefficient involved, it has been found that the difference, for various gas pressures, between the anode-cathode maintaining voltage for a given cathode current immediately after switching on and after thermal equilibrium has been attained provides a sufficient measure of the relationship between the gas pressure and the temperature coefficient. The curve shown relates to a voltage reference tube having a cylindrical nickel cathode activated by cerium-mischmetal and surrounding a rod anode, the gas filling being 97 per cent neon and 3 per cent argon at an ambient temperature of 20‹ C. The curve shows that the filling pressure could be adjusted to provide any given positive or negative temperature coefficient within the limits of variation of this quantity. Similar results may be obtained when the gas mixture varies between 94 and 99 per cent neon, the remainder being argon, and also for a neon, helium, argon mixture in the ratio of 80: 20: 1.
GB18630/52A 1952-07-23 1952-07-23 Improvements in or relating to electric gaseous discharge tubes Expired GB730033A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB18630/52A GB730033A (en) 1952-07-23 1952-07-23 Improvements in or relating to electric gaseous discharge tubes
US368641A US2874324A (en) 1952-07-23 1953-07-17 Electric gaseous discharge tubes
DEI7497A DE1033336B (en) 1952-07-23 1953-07-21 Gas discharge tubes with cold cathode, especially for keeping voltages constant

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB18630/52A GB730033A (en) 1952-07-23 1952-07-23 Improvements in or relating to electric gaseous discharge tubes

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GB730033A true GB730033A (en) 1955-05-18

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US (1) US2874324A (en)
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GB (1) GB730033A (en)

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DE1033336B (en) 1958-07-03
US2874324A (en) 1959-02-17

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