Design of a reentrant double staggered ladder circuit for V-band coupled-cavity traveling-wave tube

The reentrant double staggered ladder slow-wave structure is employed in a high-power V-band coupled-cavity traveling-wave tube. This structure has a wide bandwidth, a moderate interaction impedance, and excellent thermal dissipation properties, besides the easy fabrication. A well-matched waveguide coupler is proposed for the structure. Combining the design of attenuators, a full-scale three-dimensional circuit model for the V-band coupled-cavity traveling-wave tube is constructed. The electromagnetic characteristics and the beam--wave interaction of this structure are investigated. The beam current is set to be 100 mA, and the cathode voltage is tuned from 16.8 kV to 15.8 kV. The calculation results show that this tube can produce a saturated average output power over 100 W with an instantaneous bandwidth greater than 1.25 GHz in the frequency ranging from 58 GHz to 62 GHz. The corresponding gain and electronic efficiency can reach over 32 dB and 6.5%, respectively.     

A novel slotted helix slow-wave structure for high power Ka-band traveling-wave tubes

A novel slotted helix slow-wave structure （SWS） is proposed to develop a high power, wide-bandwidth, and high reliability millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube （TWT）. This novel structure, which has higher heat capacity than a conven- tional helix SWS, evolves from conventional helix SWS with three parallel rows of rectangular slots made in the outside of the helix tape. In this paper, the electromagnetic characteristics and the beam-wave interaction of this novel structure operating in the Ka-band are investigated. From our calculations, when the designed beam voltage and beam current are set to be 18.45 kV and 0.2 A, respectively, this novel circuit can produce over 700-W average output power in a frequency range from 27.5 GHz to 32.5 GHz, and the corresponding conversion efficiency values vary from 19% to 21.3%, and the maximum output power is 787 W at 30 GHz.     

800 V行波管研究

提出了一种角度对数周期微带曲折线慢波结构,该结构具有微带型慢波结构尺寸小、易加工的特点,同时特殊的结构使得它可以工作在极低的电压下,可用于低工作电压、宽频带毫米波径向束行波管。给出了这种慢波结构在Ka波段的色散特性和传输特性,并进行了注波互作用的分析。计算结果表明:该新型慢波结构的工作电压可低至809 V,输出功率26 W,3 dB带宽约为19 GHz (27~46 GHz),虽然单个角度对数周期微带曲折线慢波结构的输出功率较小,但是这种结构通过功率合成,可以达到数百W的功率输出。     

基于双排矩形梳状慢波结构的W波段宽频带行波管模拟研究

提出采用圆形电子注和双排矩形梳状慢波结构作为W波段宽频带行波管注波互作用回路. 对该慢波回路的"冷"态特性、输入输出结构等方面进行了模拟仿真和分析, 研究结果表明, 该结构色散特性较好, 带宽较宽; 通过调整双排矩形梳状慢波结构之间的距离和电子注通道半径的尺寸, 圆形电子注系统取得了和带状注系统相同的耦合阻抗; 且该结构传输特性较好, 优化后整管的驻波比能在较宽的频带内保持在2以下. 此外, 对该慢波系统的大信号理论计算和PIC粒子模拟结果一致. 在50 mW驱动功率下, 输出功率在10 GHz带宽内大于40 W, 增益高于29 dB.     

140 GHz菱形微带曲折线慢波 结构行波管的模拟计算

提出了一种新型的菱形微带曲折线慢波结构。该结构可适用于低电压、宽带宽、中等功率水平的高效率毫米波行波管。和传统的慢波结构相比,微带曲折线是一种平面结构,因此其加工工艺可采用2维微细加工技术。该结构可以用带状电子束进行注-波互作用,并且不需要额外的电子束通道。给出了菱形微带曲折线慢波结构在140 GHz的色散曲线和注-波互作用模拟分析。研究结果显示:在输入功率为40 mW,带状电子束的电流和工作电压分别为90 mA和7 kV的条件下,该微带曲折线行波管可以获得数十W功率输出,互作用效率可达14.3%,瞬时3 dB带宽为18 GHz(132～150 GHz)。     

An open-styled dielectric-lined azimuthally periodic circular waveguide for a millimeter wave traveling-wave tube

An open-styled dielectric-lined azimuthally periodic circular waveguide (ODLAP-CW) for a millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube (TWT) is proposed, which is a modified form of a dielectric-lined azimuthally periodic circular waveguide (DLAP-CW). The slow-wave characteristics of the open-styled DLAP-CW are studied by using the spatial harmonics method, which includes normalized phase velocity and interaction impedance. The complicated dispersion equations are numerically solved with MATLAB and the results are in good agreement with the simulation results obtained from HFSS. The influence of structural parameters on the RF properties is investigated based on our theory. The numerical results show that the optimal thickness of the metal rod can increase the interaction impedance, with the dielectric constant held fixed. Finally, the slow-wave characteristics and transmission properties of an open-styled structure are compared with those of the DLAP-CW. The results validate that the mode competition is eliminated in the improved structure with only a slight influence on the dispersion characteristics, which may significantly improve the stability of an open-styled DLAP-CW-based TWT, and the interaction efficiency is also improved.     

A staggered double vane circuit for a W-band traveling-wave tube amplifier

Based on the combination of a staggered double vane slow wave structure(SWS) and round electron beam,a 200-W W-band traveling-wave tube(TWT) amplifier is studied in this paper.The main advantages of round beam operation over the sheet beam is that the round beam can be formed more easily and the focus requirement can be dramatically reduced.It operates in the fundamental mode at the first spatial harmonic.The geometric parameters are optimized and a transition structure for the slow wave circuit is designed which can well match the signal that enters into and goes out from the tube.Then a TWT model is established and the particle-in-cell(PIC) simulation results show that the tube can provide over 200-W output power in a frequency range of 88 GHz-103 GHz with a maximum power of 289 W at 95 GHz,on the assumption that the input power is 0.1 W and the beam power is 5.155 kW.The corresponding conversion efficiency and gain at 95 GHz are expected to be 5.6% and 34.6 dB,respectively.Such amplifiers can potentially be used in high power microwave-power-modules(MPM) and for other portable applications.     

行波管中慢电磁行波与电子注非线性互作用普遍理论

在同时考虑多信号输入和相对论效应的情况下，利用波导激励理论获得了行波管中慢电磁行波与电子注非线性互作用的全三维自洽工作方程组，包括激发方程、运动方程、能量转化方程、相位演化方程等，适合大部分行波管中慢电磁行波与电子注的非线性互作用过程.利用该理论具体分析了一个宽带螺旋线行波管在多信号输入时的交叉调制，并与实验结果进行了比较，验证了理论和计算的正确性.另外，还模拟了一个相对论盘荷波导行波管中的非线性注波互作用过程. 关键词： 行波管 慢电磁行波 非线性注波互作用 交叉调制     

S波段宽带大功率连续波耦合腔行波管3维模拟设计

使用3维PIC粒子模拟软件定量分析了耦合腔行波管的大信号注波互作用行为。使用完整的仿真模型完成了S波段连续波管型的设计,达到如下设计指标：工作频率2.0~2.3 GHz,输出功率4.3 kW,频带内增益波动±0.7 dB。提出了使用大介电常数微扰介质棒减小耦合阻抗计算误差的方法,研究了行波管的冷腔特性,给出了色散、耦合阻抗等参数。     

螺旋线行波管慢波结构设计及注波互作用模拟

通过模拟计算,分析螺旋线内径和螺距变化对色散和耦合阻抗的影响,优化慢波结构,初步设计了Ku波段螺旋线行波管慢波结构。模拟行波管输入输出结构,得到输入端反射系数小于-19 dB,电压驻波比小于1.24。电子聚焦系统采用周期永磁聚焦,磁场周期为8.5 mm,计算得到磁场峰值为0.17 T。为提高注波互作用效率,采用具有动态速度渐变特性的慢波结构,使得电子注与高频场有足够的互作用时间,从而保证电子不断地将能量交给高频场。运用三维PIC粒子模拟软件分析行波管的注波互作用,得到在12.5~16 GHz频率范围内输出功率大于88.7 W,电子效率大于14.8%,增益大于34.6 dB。     

Investigation of a wideband folded double-ridged waveguide slow-wave system

The folded double-ridged waveguide structure is presented and its properties used for wide-band traveling-wave tube are investigated.Expressions of dispersion characteristics,normalized phase velocity and interaction impedance of this structure are derived and numerically calculated.The calculated results using our theory agree well with those obtained by using the 3D electromagnetic simulation software HFSS.Influences of the ridge-loaded area and broad-wall dimensions on the high frequency characteristics of the novel slow-wave structure are discussed.It is shown that the folded double-ridged waveguide structure has a much wider relative passband than the folded waveguide slow-wave structure and a relative passband of 67% could be obtained,indicating that this structure can operate in broad-band frequency ranges of beam-wave interaction.The small signal gain property is investigated for ensuring the improvement of bandwidth.Meanwhile,with comparable dispersion characteristics,the transverse section dimension of this novel structure is much smaller than that of conventional one,which indicates an available way to reduce the weight of traveling-wave tube.     

等离子体加载耦合腔慢波结构色散分析

利用磁化等离子体介电张量和纵向场分量法对任意大小轴向磁场中等离子体填充耦合腔慢波结构进行场分析，得到磁化等离子体填充电子注通道电磁波场分量的轴对称精确解.在此基础上，建立耦合腔分区模型、采用场匹配方法建立色散方程，并数值计算得出不同等离子体密度及磁场下的耦合腔色散曲线.对不同密度等离子体填充情况下的耦合腔色散特性、混合模式的形成机理以及等离子体空间电荷波进行了分析讨论. 关键词： 耦合腔慢波结构 等离子体 混合模式 色散特性     

140GHz大功率交错双栅行波管的设计和模拟研究

采用交错双栅结构,结合带状电子注,研究了一种工作在140 GHz频段的大功率行波管. 本振模数值计算表明该结构具有良好的色散特性和耦合阻抗.针对所采用的慢波结构, 提出了慢波过渡结构、输入输出耦合器和集中衰减器,保证了行波管的良好工作. 利用三维大信号模拟计算的方法得到的结果显示,当电子注直流功率为5.115 kW,输入信号功率为0.1 W时, 所研究的行波管能在132-152 GHz范围内提供大于300 W的峰值功率,其中在138 GHz时得到最大功率546 W, 对应增益为37.37 dB.当在0.027-0.46 W内调节输入信号功率,可以保持该行波管在128-152 GHz 频带内得到大于440 W的峰值功率,对应的电子效率大于8.6%. 结果显示该行波管将在大功率短毫米波领域具有重要意义和潜在应用价值.     

耦合腔慢波结构冷测特性的计算方法

对几种用3维MAFIA仿真软件以及利用其准周期边界条件和后处理模块计算耦合腔行波管慢波结构的色散和耦合阻抗等冷测特性的方法进行了讨论,另外还对两种阻抗＿总阻抗和Pierce耦合阻抗的定义进行了充分讨论。考虑到休斯结构耦合腔行波管的电子是与耦合腔慢波结构的负一次谐波发生作用和耦合阻抗应该是电子注截面上的平均值等,指出总阻抗和Pierce耦合阻抗之间相差一个因子,考虑了这个修正因子之后,其结果将更接近实际情况。用这些方法计算耦合腔行波管的冷测特性,得到了与实验冷测值十分接近的结果。     

螺旋线慢波结构高频特性的简化模拟方法

利用3D电磁仿真软件HFSS中的Master/Slaver边界条件,基于螺旋线慢波结构的角向周期性,提出了一种改进的高频特性仿真方法。将具有3根夹持杆的螺旋线慢波结构的仿真模型从1个螺距的长度缩小到了1/3个螺距。仿真结果表明：采用改进后的模型,计算所得的相关高频特性参数与改进前传统模型所得结果基本一致,但是运算时间减少了至少3/4,且频率越高,计算时间上面的优势越大。     

双渐变螺旋线慢波结构参数分析及优化

 双渐变螺旋线慢波结构是空间行波管中使用最广的慢波结构之一。利用Christine大信号程序对该慢波结构各部分长度和螺距对行波管效率以及增益的影响进行了分析。结果显示:增益和电子效率与慢波结构长度成正比,且输入端的长度对增益影响最大;电子效率对相速增加段的螺距的变化最为敏感。根据分析结果,通过增加输入端长度,加大相速增加段的螺距,同时减小相速减小段的螺距进行优化。优化后,电子效率由35.4%提高至36.8%,增益由54.6 dB增加至56.2 dB。     

分布损耗加载回旋行波管多模稳态注波互作用理论与比较证实

基于目前国际上实验研究的均匀介质加载和周期介质加载结构,建立了一种分布式损耗加载回旋行波管(gyro-TWT)多模稳态注波互作用理论.利用这一理论,以TE01模式基波gyro-TWT注波互作用为例,将Ka和W波段的理论结果与实验和软件仿真进行比较,以证实理论的合理性.     

行波管相位一致性的理论研究与计算机模拟

采用行波管一维大信号非线性理论,建立了高频参数和外部工作状况零散模型,对影响增益、相位频率特性的主要因素进行了理论分析和数值计算,分析了如何合理地选择相位一致行波管工作点,为新近研制的相位一致行波管提供了计算机模拟并得到了很有价值的计算结果。     

螺旋线行波管三维频域非线性注波互作用的计算

基于行波管中慢电磁行波的周期传输特性和能流坡印廷定理,考虑高频结构的衰减、切断、螺距的渐变与跳变对互作用的影响,建立了螺旋线行波管三维场论非线性自洽工作方程组.通过傅里叶展式将时域中的电流变换为与频率相关的交流电流分量,采用等离子体粒子模拟的方法,求解离散化的亥姆霍兹方程获得空间电荷场的三维数值解.计算三维电子轨迹,得到精确的互作用后的电子能谱结构,为多级降压收集极的设计提供关键参数.计算结果与电子所Ku波段的测试值比较具有较好的一致性,并分析了互作用后的电子能谱结构,与多级降压收集极的实验基本符合. 关键词： 行波管 非线性注波互作用 空间电荷场 等离子体粒子模拟     

双阶梯阴极型磁绝缘线振荡器设计与模拟

 结合负载限制型磁绝缘线振荡器（MILO）和渐变型MILO的特点,提出了一种新型双阶梯阴极型MILO。该器件前2个叶片为扼流片，中间3个叶片为主作用叶片,后面1个为提取叶片，在电流发射区与慢波结构径向相对的阴极部分分为3段，形成双阶梯阴极结构。根据Maxwell方程和Floquet定理导出其色散方程，并对其振荡主频作了理论分析。2.5维粒子模拟表明，器件工作频率为1.21 GHz，与理论预测相符，双阶梯的引入，对器件阻抗和振荡频率影响较小。在工作电压458 kV、电流40.5 kA条件下，双阶梯阴极结构将MILO输出功率从2.20 GW提高到2.88 GW，功率转换效率从12.0%提高到15.5%。