摘要:
Lossy slabs (46) are provided in linear-beam tubes such as coupled-cavity traveling wave tubes or klystrons to produce a more level tube response over its full operating band, and to eliminate oscillations at the upper cut-off frequency in the TWTs. The slab thicknesses are selected to produce a substantially non-resonant field of about one-quarter wavelength within the slab (46) when the tube is operated within its passband. The slabs (46) are arranged within openings of a tube structure (36, 42) and are formed from a dielectric material having a conductive mixture of at least about 15%.
摘要:
A termination device (48') for absorbing RF energy waves in the termination chamber (34) of a travelling wave tube. The termination device is formed by modifying two wedge shaped termination devices of the prior art. Specifically, two prior art single wedge termination devices are sliced in half to produce two wedges each one half the thickness of the single wedge device. The two halves are positioned with their newly formed surface, formed by the slicing, in opposed facing contact The new double wedge (48') thus has the same thickness as the prior single wedge and is readily accommodated within the termination chamber. The double wedge termination device greatly reduces small signal gain variations across the operating frequency band of the traveling wave tube.
摘要:
A structure to eliminate non-fundamental space harmonics in helical traveling wave tubes (10) is disclosed. The helix (18) radius (24a, 24b) and pitch (22a, 22b) are simultaneously varied over a short distance to improve the efficiency and performance of the tube (10). This new geometry, an adverse space harmonics taper (ASHT), renders the fundamental phase velocity invariant to frequency and distance effects, while adversely affecting all other space harmonics. Another aspect of the invention reduces the temperature of the helix (18) and further improves tube efficiency, so that electronic efficiencies approach 30% in a linear performance region.
摘要:
A loss button (80) for a traveling wave tube (10) has front and rear planar surfaces (92,94) of its ceramic pill-shaped button body (88) which are of coated metallic composition. The periphery is uncoated to permit r.f. energy to enter the button (80) through the cavity (82) of the planar, metallic, spacer (16) into which the button (80) is inserted. By coating the body surfaces (92,94), the button itself acts as a resonant cavity for attenuation of a predetermined bandwidth so that the dimensional changes that occur during heating to the surrounding and adjacent metallic elements, including the cavity (82) in the spacer (16) for receiving the button (80) and the adjacent braze washers, will not affect the attenuation band of the tube (10).
摘要:
Pour assurer la stabilité des tubes comportant une ligne à retard du type à plafonds et anneaux ou du type à plafonds et barreaux, on dispose des fentes résonnantes (15) sur les plafonds (4) de la ligne (10).
摘要:
Tube à ondes progressives comprenant une hélice (1) reliée par des montants (3) à une enceinte à vide (2), chaque montant (3) en matériau électriquement isolant étant recouvert d'un matériau électriquement conducteur (10) de conductivité électrique comprise entre 1000 et 100000 S.m-1, sur une partie du montant (3) s'étendant de l'extrémité du montant reliée à l'hélice (1) vers l'extrémité du montant reliée à l'enceinte à vide (2) correspondant à une hauteur comprise entre 10% et 50% du montant.
摘要:
A method for bonding thermally-mismatched elements of a traveling wave tube (10) employs a metallic plate (68) of undulating character. The plate (68) is located at the region of the interface between tube elements formed of materials of materially-differing thermal character such as the ceramic termination piece (46) and an adjacent sever pole piece (54) of copper. Through either a brazing or a sintering process, pluralities of bonds are formed at points of tangency between the plate (68) and the two elements of differing thermal expansion coefficients. As a result, a good heat flow path, accompanied by a more stable r.f. interface, is formed between the materials that is not subject to fracture as are prior art diffusion bonds.
摘要:
To selectively and controllably increase rf surface power loss in microwave components, the component surfaces are overcoated with a suspension of conductive particles in a viscous binder of thickness less than a wavelength at the operating frequency. The binder is compounded so as to fire to a glassy matrix that is a durable, heat-resistant and vacuum-compatible dielectric. The metal particle size, which is selected to fit within the coating thickness, is preferably large compared with the rf skin depth of the conductive particles, but no smaller than one-quarter skin depth.
摘要:
To selectively and controllably increase rf surface power loss in microwave components, the component surfaces are overcoated with a suspension of conductive particles in a viscous binder of thickness less than a wavelength at the operating frequency. The binder is compounded so as to fire to a glassy matrix that is a durable, heat-resistant and vacuum-compatible dielectric. The metal particle size, which is selected to fit within the coating thickness, is preferably large compared with the rf skin depth of the conductive particles, but no smaller than one-quarter skin depth.