Development of D-band continuous-wave folded waveguide traveling-wave tube

Author

Lei Wenqiang ; Jiang Yi ; Zhou Quanfeng ; Hu Peng ; Hu Linlin ; Yan Lei ; Chen Hongbin

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Electron., Mianyang, China

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

As Terahertz communication technology developed, the research for D-band folded waveguide Traveling Wave Tube (FWTWT) has become increasingly important. The design and simulation on the FWTWT was presented, including electron-optical system, Folded Waveguide Slow Wave Structure (FW SWS) and sapphire pill-box window. A prototype tube has been fabricated successfully through manufacturing processing study. In the work duty 100% experiment conditions, the electron transmission ratio is 97%. The continuous wave output power is 7.3W and the center frequency is 140.3GHz. The gain is 25.3dB and 3dB bandwidth is 3GHz.

Keywords

slow wave structures; D-band continuous-wave folded waveguide traveling-wave tube; electron transmission ratio; electron-optical system; folded waveguide slow wave structure; frequency 140.3 GHz; gain 25.3 dB; manufacturing processing study; power 7.3 W; sapphire pill-box window; terahertz communication technology; Bandwidth; Electron tubes; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Predictive models; Prototypes; Simulation; D-band folded waveguide Traveling Wave Tube; Folded Waveguide Slow Wave Structure; continuous wave; sapphire pill-box window;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7109-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223857

Filename

7223857