Title :
Continuous wave Q-band folded waveguide traveling-wave tube
Author :
Xiaogang Su ; Huarong Gong ; Jin Xu ; Tao Tang ; Yubin Gong ; Gang Wu ; Jinjun Feng
Author_Institution :
Vacuum Electron. Nat. Lab., Beijing Vacuum Electron. Inst., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A Q-band FWG TWT was developed with some special design strategies and techniques. The test result shows it can operate at continuous wave state. The saturated output power of the TWT is above 200 watts within 2GHz bandwidth and the overall efficiency is above 25%.
Keywords :
travelling wave tubes; Q-band FWG TWT; continuous wave Q-band folded waveguide traveling-wave tube; continuous wave state; frequency 2 GHz; Bandwidth; Electron tubes; Heating; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Testing; folded waveguide; traveling wave tube;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7109-1
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223943