• Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
  • Vol. 39, Issue 2, 157 (2020)
Zhi-Gang LU, Wei-Hua GE, Rui-Dong WEN, Zhi-Cheng SU, Mei-Ling ZHU, Ke-Sen DING, Zhan-Liang WANG, and Tao TANG
Author Affiliations
  • National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electronics, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu60054, China
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    DOI: 10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.02.004 Cite this Article
    Zhi-Gang LU, Wei-Hua GE, Rui-Dong WEN, Zhi-Cheng SU, Mei-Ling ZHU, Ke-Sen DING, Zhan-Liang WANG, Tao TANG. Design and cold-test of sheet beam coupled cavity slow wave structure for W-Band TWT[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(2): 157 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Cut-away isometric view of a 3-D model of a full period (created by stacking two rotated unit cells), (b) the top view, (c) the left view, and (d) the front view of cutting-plane of the full period three-slot SWS
    Fig. 1. (a) Cut-away isometric view of a 3-D model of a full period (created by stacking two rotated unit cells), (b) the top view, (c) the left view, and (d) the front view of cutting-plane of the full period three-slot SWS
    Dispersion curves of the sheet beam CC-SWS (a) frequency varies with phase shift, (b) normalized phase velocity varies with frequency
    Fig. 2. Dispersion curves of the sheet beam CC-SWS (a) frequency varies with phase shift, (b) normalized phase velocity varies with frequency
    The distribution of interaction impedance on (a) the cross-section of beam tunnel, (b) the cross-section of sheet beam, and (c) average interaction impedance over the cross-section of sheet beam
    Fig. 3. The distribution of interaction impedance on (a) the cross-section of beam tunnel, (b) the cross-section of sheet beam, and (c) average interaction impedance over the cross-section of sheet beam
    (a) The vacuum model, and (b) the transmission characteristics of the sheet beam CC-SWS
    Fig. 4. (a) The vacuum model, and (b) the transmission characteristics of the sheet beam CC-SWS
    The electron bunching phenomenon at 94 GHz
    Fig. 5. The electron bunching phenomenon at 94 GHz
    Phase momentum of bunched electron beam at 94 GHz
    Fig. 6. Phase momentum of bunched electron beam at 94 GHz
    Input and output signals at 94 GHz
    Fig. 7. Input and output signals at 94 GHz
    Frequency spectrum of output signal at 94 GHz
    Fig. 8. Frequency spectrum of output signal at 94 GHz
    (a) The electron efficiency and saturated gain, and (b) the saturated output power versus the frequency
    Fig. 9. (a) The electron efficiency and saturated gain, and (b) the saturated output power versus the frequency
    (a) Coupled-cavity diaphragms, (b) transition waveguides, and (c) input & output window components
    Fig. 10. (a) Coupled-cavity diaphragms, (b) transition waveguides, and (c) input & output window components
    (a) Clamping molds and the final test sample, (b) assembly drawing using UG software, and (c) assembly for testing
    Fig. 11. (a) Clamping molds and the final test sample, (b) assembly drawing using UG software, and (c) assembly for testing
    Test site of the CC-TWT circuit
    Fig. 12. Test site of the CC-TWT circuit
    S11 comparison between cold-test and simulation results
    Fig. 13. S11 comparison between cold-test and simulation results
    VSWR comparison between test and simulation results
    Fig. 14. VSWR comparison between test and simulation results
    Parametermm
    Period1.2
    Slot 1 & 2 width0.25
    Slot 1 & 2 length1.22
    Slot 3 width0.3
    Slot 3 length1.42
    Cavity width2.32
    Cavity height1.22
    Beam tunnel
    width1.2
    height0.30
    Diaphragm thickness0.32
    Table 1. Parameters for simulated SWS
    Zhi-Gang LU, Wei-Hua GE, Rui-Dong WEN, Zhi-Cheng SU, Mei-Ling ZHU, Ke-Sen DING, Zhan-Liang WANG, Tao TANG. Design and cold-test of sheet beam coupled cavity slow wave structure for W-Band TWT[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(2): 157
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