High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 37, Issue 4, 043004(2025)

Modular design and simulation validation of phase-locked magnetrons

Yu Qin1, Haixia Liu1, Yong Yin1, Pan Cui2, Dagui Shen2, Liangjie Bi1, Bin Wang1, Hailong Li1, and Lin Meng1、*
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  • 1School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Guoguang Electric Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610100, China
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    This paper presents a modular multi-magnetron unit design based on the mutual coupling phase-locking scheme, configuring it as an axially output module to address the issue of azimuthal non-uniformity in radial output magnetrons in large-scale array applications and significantly improve system robustness. The magnetrons are connected via phase-locking bridges, and the traditional designs based on single magnetron modules lack flexibility. Additionally, due to the non-uniform azimuthal electric field distribution of radial output magnetrons, adding coupling structures to the phase-locking bridge at different positions causes changes in the characteristic impedance of the magnetrons and alters the proportion of energy in the phase-locking bridge relative to the total system energy, thereby affecting output characteristics and phase-locking efficiency. Initially, various topological structures of magnetron phase-locking units were designed and simulated, showing that the opening position and number of the bridge significantly impact phase-locking performance due to the azimuthal field uniformity. Subsequently, an end-to-end series module, suitable for modular design, was selected for further study, and a four-in-one power combiner was designed based on this structure, making the unit output axially. After power synthesis, the output power of the four-tube phase-locking modular unit reached 988 kW, approximately four times that of a single free-running magnetron, with a phase-locking efficiency of 97%.

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    Yu Qin, Haixia Liu, Yong Yin, Pan Cui, Dagui Shen, Liangjie Bi, Bin Wang, Hailong Li, Lin Meng. Modular design and simulation validation of phase-locked magnetrons[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2025, 37(4): 043004

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    Received: Sep. 2, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 5, 2024

    Published Online: May. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Lin Meng (meng@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202537.240300

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