摘要:
A traveling wave tube is capable of operating over relatively wide bandwidths and with relatively high efficiency at one or the other of two different power output levels which are separated by as much as 10 db. The tube is switchable from one mode of operation to the other in a relatively short period of time, as of a few nanoseconds, by means of a control grid. In switching from the low power C.W. mode to the high power pulsed mode, the beam current is increased by a value of several times, as of five; the effective length of the output section of the slow wave circuit is automatically decreased; and the phase velocity on the output section of the slow wave circuit is decreased to maintain synchronism with the slow space charge wave of the beam.
摘要:
The periodic magnet structure for a periodically focused beam tube is formed by a single pair of homogeneous slabs of magnetizable material that are permanently magnetized with a pattern of magnetic poles of alternating polarity taken along the direction of the beam path. In a sheet beam tube of preferred geometry, a pair of ceramic slabs are disposed to straddle the sheet beam and the internal planar faces of the ceramic slabs have circuits printed thereon for: electrical connections to all elements, beam forming electrodes, microwave interaction structure, edge focusing electrodes, and the beam collector electrode structure. The permanently magnetized slabs are disposed external to the vacuum envelope, straddling the printed circuit ceramic slabs, for focusing the beam.
摘要:
A microwave beam tube operating above 4GHz is miniaturized by designing the electron gun to produce an electron beam having a microperveance within the range of 0.8 to 2.2. A periodic permanent magnet beam focusing structure is provided which employs ring-shaped permanent magnets having a coercive force in excess of 2,000 gauss, whereby the length, size, and weight of the tube, for a given gain and output power, are reduced substantially.
摘要:
The RF conversion efficiency of a vane loaded helix derived slow wave circuit, such as a ring and bar, meander line, double meander line, helix, cross wound helix, double ring and bar or a ladder line circuit, is increased while maintaining broad band operation; in a first embodiment, by increasing the degree of penetration of the vanes into the slow wave circuit at the output end of the tube for introducing a frequency dependent velocity taper and, in a second embodiment, by electrically isolating the aforementioned loading vanes for d.c. potential at the output end of the tube and applying a higher beam voltage to these circuit loading vanes.