Title :
Design and development of 2 to 3 octave band helix mini-TWTs
Author :
Ghosh, Tushar K. ; Challis, Anthony J. ; Tokeley, Anthony ; Duffield, Michael J. ; Rushbrook, Kevin ; Poston, Ian ; Scott, Daniel ; Jacob, Alan ; Bowler, Darrin
Author_Institution :
e2v Technol. Ltd., Chelmsford, UK
Abstract :
A number of helix mini traveling wave tubes (TWTs) operating over a multi-octave frequency band have been designed and developed during last ten years. In this paper, the critical areas of design and development of these devices are elaborated and supported by experimental results. Details about an ongoing development of 2 to 7 GHz, 100 W helix TWT are also presented.
Keywords :
travelling wave tubes; TWT design; frequency 2 GHz to 7 GHz; helix mini traveling wave tube; multioctave frequency band; octave band helix mini-TWT; power 100 W; Atmospheric modeling; Couplers; Electron tubes; Fabrication; Jacobian matrices; Mathematical model; Power generation; mini TWT; modeling and simulation; octave band; traveling wave tube (TWT); ultra wide band (UWB);
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Bangalore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8662-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2011.5746852
