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)。

Simulations of rhombus-shaped microstrip meander-line slow-wave structure for 140 GHz traveling-wave tube

A rhombus-shaped microstrip meander-line slow-wave structure is proposed for use in a low voltage, wide bandwidth, moderate power and high efficiency millimeter-wave traveling-wave tube. The structure is evolved from the original V-shaped microstrip meander-line slow-wave structure. Compared with the conventional slow-wave structure, it is a kind of planar structure, whose fabrication can be easily realized by utilizing the technology of 2-D micro-fabrication. What’s more, the structure can realize beam-wave interaction with sheet electron beam, and no additional electron beam channel is needed. The electromagnetic characteristics and the interaction between the sheet electron beam and slow wave in the structure are obtained by utilizing the electromagnetic simulation software HFSS and the particle-in-cell code in CST Particle Studio, respectively. Our calculations indicate that, at a beam voltage of 7 kV and a beam current of 90 mA, the traveling wave tube based on the structure is capable of delivering several tens of watts output power with an interaction efficiency of 14.3％ and a transient 3 dB bandwidth of 18 GHz(ranging from 132 GHz to 150 GHz)