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。     

正交场返波管太赫兹源慢波系统

为解决正交场返波管太赫兹源慢波结构的设计问题,研究了开放式单排矩形梳齿慢波结构的色散及耦合阻抗特性并给出了设计思路及结果。利用单模近似法和数值计算得到了各几何参数对慢波结构性能的影响。结果表明:慢波周期长度可相对独立地优化耦合阻抗;设计慢波结构时可根据工作频率、加工工艺和电子枪性能确定其余三个几何参数,主要是对慢波周期长度进行调节。进一步的数值计算给出了梳齿间距在0.010~0.025 mm范围内、工作频率在300~420 GHz范围内的开放式矩形梳齿慢波结构的具体尺寸。利用粒子模拟软件对一个设计结果进行了仿真,得到的工作频率验证了冷腔分析的结果。     

Radio-Frequency Characteristics of a Printed Rectangular Helix Slow-Wave Structure

A new type of printed rectangular helix slow- wave structure （SWS） is investigated using the field-matching method and the electromagnetic integral equations at the boundaries. The radio-frequency characteristics including the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance for transverse antisymmetric （odd） modes of this structure are analysed. The numerical results agree well with the results obtained by the EM simulation software HFSS. It is shown that the dispersion of the rectangular helix circuit is weakened, the phase velocity is reduced after filling the dielectric materials in the rectangular helix SWS. As a planar slow-wave structure, this structure has potential applications in compact TWTs.     

曲折圆形槽波导慢波系统的高频特性

 对曲折圆形槽波导新型慢波系统的高频特性进行了研究，通过理论分析和数值计算，得到了它的色散曲线和耦合阻抗表达式，并分析了结构参数变化对色散特性和耦合阻抗的影响。研究表明：当周期变小时色散减弱，耦合阻抗增加；而增大直波导长度时色散变弱，但同时耦合阻抗也会下降。因此较小的周期有利于改善曲折圆形槽波导慢波电路的高频特性。鉴于这种电路的耦合阻抗较低，可以适当地减小直波导长度来提高耦合阻抗。曲折槽波导结合了曲折波导散热能力强、色散特性好、容易加工和槽波导单模工作、低损耗、大尺寸等优点，在毫米波及亚毫米波段的行波管中具有较好的发展前景。     

正弦波导高频特性分析

对一种全金属慢波系统—–正弦波导的高频特性进行了理论分析.在用一系列相连矩形阶梯逼近余弦槽的基础上,对慢波结构进行了合理的区域划分,获得了各区域的场表达式.考虑槽区的高次驻波项,采用场匹配和导纳匹配相结合的方法,导出色散方程和耦合阻抗表达式.以应用于220 GHz行波管的正弦波导为例进行高频特性的数值求解,理论计算值与全三维电磁软件CST-MWS的仿真值符合良好.在此基础上,详细分析了尺寸参数变化对正弦波导高频特性的影响.     

An Open Rectangular Waveguide Grating for Millimeter-Wave Traveling-Wave Tubes

Millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube(TWT) prevails nowadays as the amplifier for radar,communication and electronic countermeasures.The rectangular waveguide grating is a promising all-metal interaction circuit for the millimeter-wave TWT with advantages of high power capacity,fine heat dissipation,scalability to smaller dimensions for shorter wavelengths,compact structure and robust performance.Compared with the traditional closed structure,the open rectangular waveguide grating(ORWG) has wider bandwidth,lower cut-off frequency,and higher machining precision for higher working frequencies due to the open transverse.It is a potential structure that can work in the millimeter wave and even Terahertz band.The rf characteristics including dispersion and interaction impedance are investigated by both theoretic calculation and software simulation.The influences of the structure parameters are also discussed and compared,and the theoretical results agree well with the simulation results.Based on the study,the ORWG will favor the design of a broadband and high-power millimeter-wave TWT.     

Theoretical analysis of optical coupling properties of the waveguide grating with novel rectangular structure

For the waveguide grating photocoupler with novel structure [Yu XQ, Zhang X, Wong KS, Xu GB, Xu XG, Ren Y, et al. A fabrication of coupling grating in the polymeric waveguide by using two-photon initiated photopolymerization. Mater Lett 2004;58:3879–83. [1]; Yu XQ, Zhang X, Xu GB, Zhao HP, He W, Shao ZS, et al. Fabrication of grating waveguide and coupling grating using two-photon initiated photopolymerization. Chem J Chin Univ 2004;25(10):1931–3 (in Chinese). [2]], the electric fields of the TE guided wave and the TE radiating wave are obtained by solving the Helmholtz equation in the spatial rectangular coordinates. And then the relations between the loss coefficient and the different structure parameters of the waveguide and grating are analyzed by using the mode coupling theories, and their corresponding numerical simulation results are given. In the end the result obtained for this novel structure and that for conventional rectangle structure are compared, and the difference and the sameness are obtained.     

新型结构波导光栅耦合器的耦合特性分析和数值模拟

针对一种新型结构的波导光栅耦合器,通过求解波在直角坐标系下电场分量的亥姆霍兹方程获得了TE导模和TE辐射模的电场。运用模耦合理论分析了光束通过光栅被耦合到波导当中的情况。数值模拟了在不同的波导和光栅结构参数下耦合系数的变化情况。     

Rigorous Analysis of the Disk-Loaded Waveguide Slow-Wave Structures

Recently disk-loaded waveguide has been widely used in high-power traveling wave tubes (HPTWT). Although TM ₀₁ mode is it's main mode, the asymmetry mode may be excited by slight asymmetry of the structure, misalignment of the beam, or the asymmetry associated with the input or output structure. So research about asymmetry mode of disk-loaded waveguide is necessary. The general dispersion equation and interaction impedance expression of disk-loaded waveguide is obtained with accurate field theory for the first time. Based on these results, a broadband and a narrowband disk-loaded waveguides are designed which can be used in the Ka band HPTWT. Moreover, the theoretical calculated results are compared with the simulated results from the HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) code using finite element method. It is found that frequency domain overlapped by these two modes of the narrowband structure is very narrow, so the HEM ₁₁ mode may be ignored when calculating Beam-wave interaction. In the other hand, the interaction impedance of HEM ₁₁ mode is very low generally.     

THz振荡器双光栅开放腔的高频特性

针对双开槽的双光栅开放式谐振腔,提出了一种基于矩形波导谐振腔理论的计算方法,给出TE04模式场分布的结构设计修正公式,用于进行准光学谐振腔结构设计优化,通过增强电子注区域的电场强度,可有效提高电子效率。同时对双光栅慢波结构"冷"色散特性进行了计算,分析了不同参数对其高频特性的影响。结果表明,双光栅槽宽和电子注通道宽度的变化会对其色散特性的频带上限产生较大影响。     

金属柱平板慢波系统高频特性研究

对于离散的金属柱结构构建的周期性平板慢波系统,本文利用3维FDTD方法结合HFSS仿真软件深入分析了该慢波系统的高频特性.研究了金属柱高度、周期长度对色散特性的影响,计算了耦合阻抗,并与传统光栅慢波系统特性进行了对比分析.分析表明金属柱慢波系统既有与传统光栅慢波系统相似的高频特性,又具有独自的特点,位于离散的金属柱周期间隙中的电子注互作用耦合阻抗具有对称性;金属柱结构用作真空电子器件的高频系统可增加发生有效互作用的电子注厚度,降低起振电流密度,提高器件效率.本文的分析结果为设计低电流密度工作的多电子注短毫 关键词： 金属柱平板慢波系统 3维FDTD算法 色散特性 耦合阻抗