DocumentCode
1038261
Title
Harmonic generation in octave bandwidth traveling-wave tubes
Author
Dionne, Norman J.
Author_Institution
Raytheon Company, Waltham, Mass.
Volume
17
Issue
4
fYear
1970
fDate
4/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
365
Lastpage
372
Abstract
This paper describes the investigation of harmonic generation in traveling-wave tubes (TWT´s) via large-signal analysis and digital computer techniques. Efficiency degradation and harmonic power content are shown to be importantly related to such TWT design considerations as circuit dispersion, harmonic coupling impedance ratio, and gain level. Also described is the phenomenon of second harmonic interference in the beam bunching process and how it leads to substantial efficiency reduction in TWT´s employing relatively nondispersive structures.
Keywords
Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Coupling circuits; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Impedance; Optical coupling; Power system harmonics; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9383
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-ED.1970.16981
Filename
1476165
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