A New Type of Thyratron Relay

This paper describes a new type of Thyratron relay and circuit which are novel from the viewpoint that continuous current flows through the load for half-wave rectification. A Thyratron tube of novel design is described which in addition to the usual electrodes includes an auxiliary anode which functions as a rectifier during the negative half cycle of the main anode. Formulas for the circuit are included together with oscillograms showing experimental results.