Microwave ovens are everywhere, and at the heart of them is a magnetron — a device that creates microwaves. [DiodeGoneWild] tore one apart to show us what was inside and how it works.

The cavity magnetron uses physical cavities and a magnetic field to create microwave energy ... RADAR systems use klystrons or traveling wave tube amplifiers due to requirements for accurate ...

Your instant ramen and leftovers wouldn't be the same without your microwave. Here's the most important things to know about ...

But generating microwaves using vacuum tubes is becoming obsolete in ... Credit: RFHIC Conventional heating and current magnetron-based microwave solutions cook food unevenly, resulting in ...

Gyrotron traveling-wave tubes (gyro-TWTs) are advanced microwave amplifiers that utilize ... components such as a low velocity spread magnetron injection gun and a broadband metasurface output ...

The first microwave oven was demonstrated by Westinghouse ... In 1946, Ratheon introduced its Radarange oven using the company's magnetron tubes, and Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer applied ...

The microwave has a messy origin story ... “One such piece of equipment was the compact cavity magnetron, a high-powered vacuum tube that generates microwaves.” His work on the magnetron ...