• DocumentCode
    1013163
  • Title

    Approximate analytic expressions for TWT propagation constants

  • Author

    Louisel, W.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Labs., Inc., Murray Hill, N. J.
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1958
  • Firstpage
    257
  • Lastpage
    259
  • Abstract
    An approximate factorization of the traveling-wave-tube (TWT) equation for the propagation constants is obtained by observing that the unattenuated wave is approximately a hyperbola for a lossless circuit. Analytic expressions for gain are also found.
  • Keywords
    Circuit analysis; Circuits; Electron devices; Equations; Inspection; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Oscillators; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Space charge; Telephony; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-2430
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1958.14431
  • Filename
    1472474