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Study of Novel Slow Wave Circuit for Miniaturized Millimeter Wave Helical Traveling Wave Tube

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Two kinds of novel helical slow wave circuit, supported by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) diamond, are presented. They are applying in miniaturized millimeter wave helical traveling wave tube. Cold test characteristic of these circuits are simulated by MAFIA code. Higher performances are achieved with smaller size, compared with conventional circuit supported by BeO rods. The nonlinear analysis is implemented by Beam and Wave Interaction (BWI) module, which is a part of TWTCAD Integrated Framework. Results have been found to be consistent with the expectation. It should be wider apply in microwave and millimeter wave vacuum electronic devices.

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  1. National Key Laboratory of High Power Vacuum Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China

    Bin Li, Xiaofang Zhu, Li Liao, Zhonghai Yang, Baoqing Zeng & Lieming Yao

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Li, B., Zhu, X., Liao, L. et al. Study of Novel Slow Wave Circuit for Miniaturized Millimeter Wave Helical Traveling Wave Tube. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 27, 941–947 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-006-9089-4

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