A new electronic rectifier
A new electronic rectifier
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10.1109/t-aiee.1927.5061364
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L. O. Grondahl;P. H. Geiger
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作者：
L. O. Grondahl;P. H. Geiger
描述了一种利用部分氧化的铜盘作为整流器单元的新型整流器。这些盘可以布置成适合整流器应用的所有领域的组。整流似乎发生在铜和氧化物之间的接合处，没有可观察到的物理或化学变化，并且在特性上类似于热阴极型整流器的整流。概述了组装式整流器的物理特性以及特殊用途的设计方法，并讨论了一些设计问题。需要指出的是，新的整流现象与在结构上有些相似的接触整流器中观察到的现象具有根本不同的性质。基于电解或热电的常用接触整流理论不适用于当前情况。根据基于铜和氧化铜的电子亲和势的最新理论讨论了这一新现象，这些理论更符合观察结果。整流器似乎特别适合某些应用。
A new rectifier utilizing a partially oxidized disk of copper as a rectifier unit is described. The disks may be arranged into groups suitable for all fields of rectifier applications. The rectification appears to take place at the junction between the copper and the oxide without observable physical or chemical changes, and is similar in character to rectification by the hot-cathode type of rectifiers. The physical characteristics of assembled rectifiers and a method of designing the same for special purposes are outlined and some of the design problems discussed. It is pointed out that the new rectification phenomenon is of a radically different nature from those observed in structurally somewhat similar contact rectifiers. The usual theories of contact rectification, which are based on electrolysis or thermoelectricity, are not applicable to the present case. The new phenomenon is discussed in the light of more recent theories based on electron affinities of copper and copper-oxide, which are in better accord with the observations. Some applications are given for which the rectifier seems to be especially suited.