• DocumentCode
    2810368
  • Title

    Experimental investigation of a tetrode gun for MM-wave TWTs

  • Author

    Theiss, A.J. ; True, R.B. ; Meadows, C.J.

  • Author_Institution
    L-3 Commun. Electron. Devices, San Carlos, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    28-30 May 2003
  • Firstpage
    270
  • Lastpage
    271
  • Abstract
    A tetrode-type electron gun suited for millimeter-wave TWTs has been investigated experimentally. The gun creates ultra-laminar 18 kV, 0.1 microperveance beams utilizing voltage swings between -100 V and +50 V on the inner grid and between -300 V and +200 V on the outer grid. This gun was fabricated by joining tight-tolerance parts into assemblies that each exhibited both non-concentricity and axial-position errors of about 0.001 inches.
  • Keywords
    electron guns; millimetre wave tubes; tetrodes; travelling wave tubes; -100 to 50 V; -300 to 200 V; 18 kV; microperveance beams; millimeter wave TWT; tetrode type electron gun; travelling wave tubes; Assembly; Circuit analysis; Communication industry; Coolants; Current measurement; Electron devices; Low voltage; Thermal conductivity; Thermal loading;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics, 2003 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7699-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2003.1286301
  • Filename
    1286301