介质加载折叠波导行波管的线性分析

提出了一种介质加载折叠波导慢波结构,给出了该结构中存在电子注时慢波互作用的热色散方程,在介电常数ε_r=1的特殊情况下该方程即简化为普通折叠波导的小信号工作方程.在给定慢波结构尺寸的基础上,分析比较了介质加载对放大器小信号增益特性的影响,结果表明:"弱加载"(介质厚度d/a<0.1)时,无需重新设计慢波结构的参数,只需适当调整工作电压和电流就可以满足原有设计要求,而且和未加载时相比增益特性更为平坦,降低的电子注阻抗也有利于电子效率的提高.考虑到 关键词： 折叠波导 行波管放大器 介质加载 热色散方程

Linear analysis of the dielectric-loaded folded waveguide traveling-wave tube amplifier

In this paper a dielectric-loaded folded waveguide slow-wave circuit is presented. The "hot" dispersion relation for slow wave interaction between the traveling wave and linear beam is derived from the fluid dynamical treatment. In the special case where ε_r=1, the dispersion relation can be simplified with a closed form of the conventional Pierce’s small-signal equation, which confirms the validity of the derivations. By giving the specific parameters, the effects of dielectric loading on the small-signal gain have been studied. The results indicated that in the case of "weak loading" (where d/a<0.1), the gain is flattened and there is no need to readjust the structure parameters beyond a slight adjustment of beam parameters. By considering that the "weak loading" can reduce the ohmic loss of the conductor, this study will be also a guide to the research of the THz folded waveguide traveling-wave tube.