Analysis of the Coaxial Ridge-Loaded Helical Groove Waveguide

The coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide is proposed in this paper. As an all-metal slow-wave circuit, it has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of millimeter TWT. By means of field theory, the expressions of the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance of the coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide are obtained. The influence of various circuit dimensions on the dispersion relation and the coupling impedance is investigated by the results of numerical computation.     

Linear Theory of the Coaxial Ridge-Loaded Helical Groove Waveguide

The coaxial ridge-loaded helical groove waveguide, an all-metal slow-wave circuit, has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of millimeter TWTs. In this paper, the dispersion equation of the circuit with an annular electron beam is obtained according to self-consistent field theory. The influence of various electron beam parameters on the small signal gain is investigated and discussed by the numerical computation.     

脊加载螺旋槽行波管的小信号增益计算

脊加载螺旋槽行波管是一类新型毫米波大功率器件,给出了此结构中引入电子注后的“热”色散方程,并利用“牛顿”下山法求解了此复系数超越方程.通过数值计算给出了一个工作电压为20kV频率为474GHz的脊棱加载慢波结构的具体尺寸,并对此结构中小信号增益随脊尺寸的变化情况及电子注参数对其影响进行了研究,计算结果表明：此结构适宜于作为高增益窄带毫米波大功率行波管的慢波线,其3dB增益带宽为34%;为了展宽其工作带宽,可以适当减小间隙宽度,也可在一定范围内提高电子注电流.给出的理论对于研制此类行波管具有一定的指导意 关键词：     

纵向金属导体加载螺旋慢波特性的理论研究

 考虑角向均匀谐波与非翼片区角向高次谐波的影响，运用场匹配法参考脊加载环板慢波结构的边界条件，推导得到翼片加载螺旋慢波结构的色散特性方程，在此基础上推导得到有限翼片加载下的耦合阻抗和衰减常数。运用MAFIA软件对该结构进行模拟计算，将理论结果与模拟计算和部分实验数据进行比较，其曲线趋势基本一致，反映了该结构的物理本质，本方法为各种类型的翼片加载螺旋慢波特性的计算提供了一种参考手段。     

Accurate analysis of arbitrarily-shaped helical groove waveguide

This paper presents a theory on accurately analysing the dispersion relation and the interaction impedance of electromagnetic waves propagating through a helical groove waveguide with arbitrary groove shape, in which the complex groove profile is synthesized by a series of rectangular steps. By introducing the influence of high-order evanescent modes on the connection of any two neighbouring steps by an equivalent susceptance under a modified admittance matching condition, the assumption of the neglecting discontinuity capacitance in previously published analysis is avoided, and the accurate dispersion equation is obtained by means of a combination of field-matching method and admittance-matching technique. The validity of this theory is proved by comparison between the measurements and the numerical calculations for two kinds of helical groove waveguides with different groove shapes.     

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     

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.     

Investigation of the Half-Circular Helical Groove Slow-Wave Structure

As a new type all-metal slow-wave structure of the millimeter wave TWT, The helical groove has a lot of advantages: large power handling capability, large sizes, high precision and moderate bandwidth. Of the helical groove structure, the half-circular helical groove can achieve wider passband than the rectangular helical groove can do. The approximate and much simple matching method of the fields of the half-circular structure is presented in this paper. The more general expressions of the dispersion characteristic and coupling impedence, in which the fast-wave modes and slow-wave modes are considered simultaneously, are obtained. It is indicated from the results of the numerical calculation that choosing suitable dimensions of the structure and suppessing the backward wave osillation, this kind of slow-wave structure can operate over 50% hot relative bandwidth.     

The Analysis of Hole-Gap Helical Groove Waveguide

The hole-gap helical groove waveguide, as a all-metal slow-wave circuit, has advantages of good heat dissipation and great size, and thus is suitable for use of mm TWT. By means of an approximate field theory, the expressions of the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance of the hole-gap helical groove waveguide is obtained in this paper. The influence of various circuit dimensions on the dispersion relation and the coupling impedance is discussed by the numerical computation.     

同轴任意槽形周期圆波导慢波结构色散特性的研究

用阶梯近似的方法分析任意槽形加载的圆波导慢波系统，利用各阶梯相邻面的导纳匹配条件 以及中心互作用区与加载区的场匹配条件，获得了任意槽形加载周期慢波结构的统一色散方 程. 利用该色散方程，得到色散特性与CST MWS仿真软件模拟结果良好符合. 分别求解几种 特殊槽形加载慢波结构的色散特性及耦合阻抗，其中，三角形结构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： 任意槽形 慢波结构 色散特性 行波管     

螺旋槽回旋行波管高频特性分析

 在Foulds等人对螺旋槽结构进行深入分析的基础上,考虑了槽区内高次模式对慢波结构高频特性的影响。结果表明：槽宽较小时,结论与其结论吻合较好; 槽宽较大时,计算结果与其有较大差别。此外,讨论了螺旋槽结构参数对高频特性的影响,结果表明：除槽宽外的其它结构参数固定时,存在一个最佳的δ/L值,可以获得较弱的色散和较大的横向场幅值,适合做回旋行波管互作用结构。     

Dispersion Characteristics of Coaxial Circular-Arc-Groove Slow-Wave Structure

The coaxial circular-arc-groove periodic slow-wave system for relativestic traveling wave tubes (RTWT) is presented in this paper. To analyze the field in the groove region, the continuous profile of the circular arc is approximately replaced by a series of rectangular steps and the field continuity at the neighboring steps is deduced. The dispersion equation of the coaxial circular-arc-groove slow-wave structure is derived by the matching conditions at the interface between the groove region and central region. The influence of various circuit parameters on the dispersion relation is investigated by the numerical calculation.     

Linear Analysis of Folded Double-Ridged Waveguide

A novel slow-wave structure (SWS), the folded double-ridged waveguide structure, is presented and its linear gain properties are investigated. The perturbed dispersion equation is derived and the small signal growth rate is calculated for dimensions of the ridge-loaded region and the parameters of the electron beam. The novel structure has potential applications in the production of high power and broad band radiation. For a cold beam, the linear theory predicts a gain of 1.1-1.27dB/period and a 3-dB small-signal gain bandwidth of 30% in W-band. A comparison between the folded double-ridged waveguide SWS and folded waveguide SWS (FWSWS) shows that with the same physical parameters, the novel SWS has an advantage over the FWSWS on the bandwidth and electron efficiency.     

Finite-element analysis of dispersion and loss characteristics of groove guide with arbitrary shapes

The dispersion and loss characteristics of groove guide with arbitrary shapes are analyzed with high-order finite element method. The effectiveness and the reliablity of the method are verified by the experiments and the results obtained by other methods. Groove guides with various groove shapes, such as rectangular, triangular, parabolic, elliptic and cosine functions, are investigated systematically. The calculating results show that the dispersion of groove guide with different groove shape is almost the same, however, the loss characteristics is rather different; among them, V-shape groove guide has the lowest loss which is about half of the rectangular one. All the curves and the data given in this paper can be used in designing elements and circuits of the groove guide.     

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.     

The Small Signal Analysis of a Centered Dielectric-Rod Loaded, Arbitrarily-Shaped Helical Groove Traveling-Wave-Tube

Properties of traveling wave-beam interaction in a centered dielectric-rod loaded, arbitrarily-shaped helical groove slow-wave structure (SWS) are investigated for a thin annular electron beam. The “hot” dispersion equation is obtained by means of the self-consistent field theory, and the small signal analysis is carried out including the effects of the dielectric-rod parameters and the groove shapes. The numerical results show that the bandwidth of the helical groove TWT is expanded by loading dielectric-rod, however, the small-signal gain is reduced; and when the groove shape changes from the swallow-tail shape to the triangle shape, the working frequency increases , while the peak gain decreases. Project supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Granted NO.60401005 and 60532010).     

On the Main Mode of Trapezoidal-Groove Guide By Finite Element Method

In this paper, the propagation properties such as the dispersion characteristics, cut-off wavelength, guide wavelength and field distribution for the main mode of trapezoidal-groove guide are analysed by using the finite element method. The dispersion is very low, and the field distribution in a trapezoidal-groove guide is similar to that of rectangular one. The results have important values in design, manufacture, and application of groove guides.     

脊加载曲折波导行波管注波互作用的线性理论研究

提出了一类新型毫米波大功率微波器件——脊加载曲折波导行波管,推导出了引入电子注后的"热"色散方程.通过数值求解此方程,研究了加脊尺寸和电子注参数对小信号增益影响.计算结果表明:通过适当的尺寸设计和工作参数的选择,此结构在Kα波段具有18.51%的3 dB增益带宽和1.15 dB/周期的增益;相比于常规曲折波导结构,脊加载结构在保证一定带宽的情况下,具有更高的增益和电子效率;为了进一步提高增益,可以适当增加脊宽度和高度,也可在一定范围内增加电子注电流. 关键词： 毫米波 曲折波导 脊加载 小信号增益     

Investigation of the Dielectric-Loaded, Ridged Helical Groove Slow-Wave System for the Millimeter Wave TWT

A dielectric-loaded, ridged helical groove slow-wave structure for the millimeter wave traveling wave tube is presented in this paper. The effects of the groove depth, ridge dimensions and the dielectric permitivety on the wave propagating properties and the interaction impedance are investigated in detail. From the analysis, it is indicated that for broader band amplification in a helical groove travelling wave tube, a ridged helical structure with shallow groove and loaded by dielectric with proper relative permitivety may be applied.