• DocumentCode
    2928014
  • Title

    P1–7: Efficiency enhancement in transit-time microwave tubes by RF - field stepping

  • Author

    Barroso, Joaquim J.

  • Author_Institution
    Assoc. Plasma Lab., Nat. Inst. for Space Res. - INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    113
  • Lastpage
    114
  • Abstract
    A comparative study is given on electron bunching in transit-time tubes with uniform and stepped RF electric-field profiles. It is shown that the stepped profile provides a two-fold enhancement in the conversion efficiency in comparison with that obtained with a longitudinally uniform electric-field distribution. This improvement arises from a phase synchronization process due to the action of RF electric fields of reversed signs along the interaction space.
  • Keywords
    electric fields; microwave tubes; RF-field stepping; electric-field distribution; electron bunching; phase synchronization process; transit-time microwave tube; Electron beams; Electron tubes; Energy states; Equations; Laboratories; Microwave generation; Plasmas; Radio frequency; conversion efficiency; electron bunching; microwave generation; transit-time microwave tubes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7098-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503578
  • Filename
    5503578