Multipactor breakdown prediction in rectangular waveguide based components

Author

Vicente, C. ; Mattes, M. ; Wolk, D. ; Mottet, B. ; Hartnagel, H.L. ; Mosig, J.R. ; Raboso, D.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztechnik, Tech. Univ. of Darmstadt, Germany

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Abstract

In this paper the multipactor power threshold in arbitrary complex components based on rectangular waveguide technology is investigated. The two required computations when studying such a phenomenon have been performed: calculation of the electromagnetic fields inside the component and determination of the multipactor breakdown onset itself. A full multipactor model is described and tested for a particular set of devices for which experimental measurements have been also performed. The good agreement between the predicted breakdown values and the experimental results shows the validity of the approach followed.

Keywords

circuit simulation; electromagnetic fields; rectangular waveguides; waveguide components; arbitrary complex components; breakdown values; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic simulation; microwave filters; multipactor breakdown prediction; multipactor power threshold; rectangular waveguide based components; secondary electron emission coefficient; Distributed computing; Electric breakdown; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic waveguides; Electrons; Geometry; Microwave devices; Microwave filters; Rectangular waveguides; Waveguide components;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2005 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

01490-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8845-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516852

Filename

1516852