• DocumentCode
    182364
  • Title

    Design of a 233 GHz high-gain single-stage hybrid-serpentine TWT

  • Author

    Nguyen, Khanh T. ; Joye, Colin D. ; Wright, Edward L. ; Cook, Alan M. ; Calame, Jeffrey P. ; Cooke, Simon ; Pershing, Dean ; Levush, Baruch ; Pasour, John ; Abe, David K.

  • Author_Institution
    Beam Wave Res., Inc., Bethesda, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    22-24 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    217
  • Lastpage
    218
  • Abstract
    The design of a high-gain single-stage TWT amplifier is presented. This amplifier will be driven by a 124 mA 20 kV electron gun currently under development. Output power is expected to be more than 80 W across the 231.5-235 GHz band at 113 mW of input power. Predicted saturated output power is more than 140 W, which can yield 23% overall efficiency with the use of a single-stage depressed collector.
  • Keywords
    backward wave oscillators; electron guns; travelling wave amplifiers; current 124 mA; electron gun; frequency 231.5 GHz to 235 GHz; power 113 mW; single-stage depressed collector; single-stage hybrid-serpentine TWT amplifier; voltage 20 kV; Electron beams; Gain; Geometry; Optical waveguides; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Amplifier; BWO; TWT; backward wave; dispersion; high-gain; oscillation; serpentine; vacuum electronics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2014.6857568
  • Filename
    6857568