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This paper focuses on a new rectangular waveguide grating Slow-Wave Structure (SWS) with cosine-shaped grooves and studies the propagation characteristics of the wave in the SWS. By using the approximate field-matching conditions, the dispersion equation and the coupling impedance of this circuit are obtained. The dispersion curves and coupling impedances of the fundamental wave are calculated and the influences of the various geometrical dimensions are discussed. The results show that the bandwidth of the cosine-shaped groove SWS is much wider than that of rectangular-shaped groove one. And reducing the groove width can broaden the frequency-band and decrease the phase-velocity, while increment of the groove-depth can also decrease phase-velocity. For above cases, the coupling impedance is more than 16Ω. The present analysis will be helpful on further study and design of the RF systems used in millimeter wave Traveling Wave Tube (TWT).
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Communication author: Lu Zhigang, born in 1981, male, Ph.D. College of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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Lu, Z., Wei, Y., Gong, Y. et al. Study on rectangular waveguide grating Slow-Wave Structure with cosine-shaped grooves. J. of Electron.(China) 24, 384–389 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-006-0058-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-006-0058-9
Key words
- Traveling Wave Tub (TWT)
- Rectangular waveguide grating
- Cosine-shaped groove
- Dispersion equation
- Coupling impedance