ANALYSIS OF RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDE GRATING SLOW-WAVE STRUCTURE WITH THE ARBITRARY SHAPED GROOVES

The rectangular waveguide grating slow-wave structure (SWS) with arbitrary shaped grooves is presented and analyzed in this paper. As an all-metal slow-wave circuit, it has properties that can be used in high-power millimeter-wave or sub-millimeter wave traveling wave tube (TWT). The unified dispersion equation and the expression of coupling impedance are obtained in this paper by means of an approximate field-theory analysis, in which the profile of the groove is approximately replaced by a series of steps and the field continuity at the interface of two neighboring steps together with the field matching conditions at the interface between the groove region and the interaction region are employed. A rectangular groove SWS was manufactured and the cold measurement was made. The experimental data are in good agreement with the numerical calculation. The derived transcendental equations are resolved numerically for four classical structures such as rectangular, dovetail, ladder and cosine. Finally, taking the rectangular waveguide grating SWS with rectangular grooves for example, the influences of physical dimensions on dispersion relation and coupling impedance are discussed.     

具有任意槽的矩形波导栅慢波结构高频特性的研究

将任意形状槽的连续轮廓近似用一系列相连的矩形阶梯近似，利用各阶梯面上导纳的匹配，以及槽与互作用区边界场的连续与匹配条件，获得了具有任意槽的矩形波导栅慢波结构的色散方程和耦合阻抗的表达式，并进行理论上的验证.加工制作了矩形槽波导栅模型，冷测表明理论值与测量值相吻合.分别求解几种特殊槽形矩形波导栅慢波结构的色散特性及耦合阻抗，其中，三角形结构的色散和耦合阻抗均最弱，而倒梯形结构色散最强，耦合阻抗最大. 关键词： 矩形波导栅 任意槽 色散特性 慢波结构     

Study of the double rectangular waveguide grating slow-wave structure

A slow-wave structure (SWS) with two opposite gratings inside a rectangular waveguide is presented and analysed. As an all-metal slow-wave circuit, this structure is especially suited for use in millimetre-wave travelling wave tubes (TWTs) due to its advantages of large size, high manufacturing precision and good heat dissipation. The first part of this paper concerns the wave properties of this structure in vacuum. The influence of the geometrical dimensions on dispersion characteristics and coupling impedance is investigated. The theoretical results show that this structure has a very strong dispersion and the coupling impedance for the fundamental wave is several tens of ohms, but the coupling impedance for --1 space harmonic wave is much lower than that for the fundamental wave, so the risk of backward wave oscillation is reduced. Besides these, the CST microwave studio is also used to simulate the dispersion property of the SWS. The simulation results from CST and the theoretical results agree well with each other, which supports the theory. In the second part, a small-signal analysis of a double rectangular waveguide grating TWT is presented. The typical small-signal gain per period is about 0.45 dB, and the 3-dB small-signal gain bandwidth is only 4\%.     

矩形波导栅慢波系统的实验研究

 从实验上研究了矩形波导栅慢波系统的色散特性及其耦合装置的驻波系数，用分布加工的方法分别制作了矩形、燕尾形、梯形3种不同槽形的矩形波导栅慢波结构模型和带输入输出结构的矩形波导栅慢波结构实体模型。采用谐振法测量它们的色散特性和驻波系数，实验结果与理论计算值和模拟值吻合良好。     

矩形栅慢波系统的高频特性分析

 对于矩形栅这一经典的慢波结构，采用场匹配法来分析其慢波特性，进而得到其耦合阻抗。其中对槽区内的场处理，保留其高次项，表示为一无限本征驻波之和的形式。然后通过数值实例具体分析了矩形栅的两种典型结构：浅槽栅和深槽栅。当增大槽深后，色散增强，系统通带变窄，同时耦合阻抗有明显增大，工作点移向前向波区，适合用在放大器的慢波结构上。     

内开槽矩形波导栅慢波电路高频特性的数值分析

 介绍了用德国CST公司提供的MWS 4.2软件模拟计算色散特性和耦合阻抗的理论方法，对内开槽矩形波导栅结构的高频特性进行了数值模拟。结果表明：在传统矩形波导栅结构的基础上，开槽后的矩形波导栅结构比开槽前的相速更低，用作行波管的慢波结构时，可降低工作电压，工艺上容易实现，而且耦合阻抗均在45 W以上，满足毫米波行波管的要求；在内开槽宽度一定的前提下，槽深、栅间距和栅周期的增大对降低系统相速有利。     

W波段带状注矩形单栅返波振荡器模拟研究

提出并研究了一种带状电子注矩形单栅返波振荡器。首先研究了矩形单栅慢波结构的色散特性和耦合阻抗特性,然后粒子模拟并优化设计了带状注矩形单栅高频结构,预群聚腔及输出一体化结构。研究结果表明:利用电压200kV、电压2kA、截面为24mm×0.5mm的带状电子注,驱动该矩形单栅返波振荡器,能够产生42 MW的输出功率,工作频率86GHz,效率为10.5%。     

新型半矩形环螺旋线慢波结构高频特性

针对行波管更高工作频率和更大输出功率的发展需要,提出了一种半矩形环螺旋线慢波结构。基于三维电磁仿真软件HFSS的模拟研究表明:调控慢波结构的尺寸可以获得合适的色散特性和互作用阻抗,与现有技术的半圆环螺旋线慢波结构相比较,半矩形环螺旋线慢波结构的色散变化很小,但是具有更高的互作用阻抗值。新结构具有平坦色散、高互作用阻抗、与微细加工技术相兼容以及方便与带状电子束互作用的综合优点。     

Dielectric effect on the rf characteristics of a helical groove travelling wave tube

A new type of partial-dielectric-loaded helical groove slow-wave structure (SWS) for millimetre wave travelling wave tube (TWT） is presented in this paper.The radio-frequency characteristics including the dispersion properties,the longitudinal electric field distribution and the beam-wave coupling impedance of this structure are analysed.The results show that the dispersion of the helical groove circuit is weakened,the phase velocity is reduced and the position of the maximum Ez is moved from the mouth to the inside of the groove after partially filling the dielectric materials in the helical groove SWS.Therefore,the dielectric-loaded helical groove SWS is suitable for a multi-beam TWT with broad band and high gain.     

带状注行波管双矩形螺旋线慢波结构高频特性北大核心CSCD

针对新型螺旋线慢波结构——双矩形螺旋线慢波结构,即在金属屏蔽框内平行加载两个具有矩形横截面形状的自由螺旋线慢波结构,利用三维电磁仿真软件对其高频特性(色散特性和耦合阻抗)进行模拟研究。结果表明:在相同位置处,与单矩形螺旋线慢波结构相比,双矩形螺旋线慢波结构色散特性变化很小,却有着更高的耦合阻抗;同时,在包含这些位置的空间部分,可采用带状电子注与该慢波结构进行注波互作用,使输出功率进一步得到提高。