Title :
Design of an over-moded 94 GHz coupled-cavity TWT
Author :
Kowalski, Elizabeth J. ; Shapiro, Michael A. ; Temkin, Richard J.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
The design and cold test of a novel over-moded folded-waveguide 94 GHz TWT is discussed with operation in the rectangular TM31 mode. Lower order modes are suppressed with dielectric loading. With plans for fabrication, simulations show 31 dB of gain and 300 W peak output power. Cold test results for a 9-cavity structure are forthcoming.
Keywords :
travelling wave tubes; 9-cavity structure; dielectric loading; frequency 94 GHz; gain 31 dB; over-moded coupled-cavity TWT; over-moded folded-waveguide; power 300 W; rectangular TM31 mode; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Gain; Impedance; Load modeling; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6104991