CIRCUITS OF THERMIONIC EMISSION CURRENT AUTOMATIC CONTROL IN VACUUM MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS

Bartosz Kania

b.kania@pollub.pl
Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Poland)

Jarosław Sikora


Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Poland)

Abstract

This paper contains a review of thermionic emission current regulation circuits for low electron's energy widely used in vacuum measurement instruments for example mass spectrometers, ionization gauges. Based on the analysis results a new thermionic emission current controller using non-linear, digital PID configuration has been proposed.


Keywords:

automatic control system, thermionic emission current, ionization, vacuum measurement instruments

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Published
2014-09-26

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Kania, B., & Sikora, J. (2014). CIRCUITS OF THERMIONIC EMISSION CURRENT AUTOMATIC CONTROL IN VACUUM MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS. Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 4(3), 36–38. https://doi.org/10.5604/20830157.1121344

Authors

Bartosz Kania 
b.kania@pollub.pl
Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Poland

Authors

Jarosław Sikora 

Lublin University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Poland

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