Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , Volume. 23, Issue 4, 360(2025)

Design of an ultrashort high frequency structure for wideband sheet-beam TWT at W-band

GUO Zheng1,2, ZHANG Changqing1,2, CAI Jun1,2, and FENG Jinjun1,2、*
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  • 1Beijing Vacuum Electronic Research Institute, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100015, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Vacuum Electrionc, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Beijing 100015, China
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    Based on an ultrashort H-plane coupler and a cut-off structure, a high frequency structure of a W-band Periodically Cusped-Magnetic (PCM) field focused wideband sheet-beam Traveling-Wave Tube (TWT) is shortened by 27.7 mm. This approach allows the TWT to generate more than 200 W of power within a bandwidth of 13 GHz (90~103 GHz). The interaction between the electron beam and microwave in the ultrashort cut-off structure is investigated. The study shows that the ultrashort cut-off structure can mitigate the divergence of bunched electrons at the cut off structure when the first section of the Slow-Wave Structure (SWS) is long enough, thereby significantly enhancing the output power and bandwidth of the TWT. Therefore, long cut-off structures, high input signal voltages, and low electron gun voltages should be avoided when a wideband TWT is designed.

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    GUO Zheng, ZHANG Changqing, CAI Jun, FENG Jinjun. Design of an ultrashort high frequency structure for wideband sheet-beam TWT at W-band[J]. Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , 2025, 23(4): 360

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    Received: Mar. 11, 2024

    Accepted: May. 29, 2025

    Published Online: May. 29, 2025

    The Author Email: FENG Jinjun (fengjinjun@tsinghua.org.cn)

    DOI:10.11805/tkyda2024147

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