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Performance and Application of Slow Wave Circuits for Power TWT in Millimeter Wave

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In millimeter wave range, high-power traveling wave tube (TWT) is a key device with broadband and high-power amplification. Basis of comparing traditional and new type slow wave circuits for high-power TWT in MMW, analysis and computation of propagating and RF performance for folded wave circuit are carried out. Theoretic calculation and experimental test show that folded wave circuit is an ideal slow wave structure for broadband and high-power TWT in MMW. There is extreme wide application for the circuit in high-power TWT. This development possesses important consult value to designer for MMW power amplifiers.

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    Shunkang Liu

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Liu, S. Performance and Application of Slow Wave Circuits for Power TWT in Millimeter Wave. International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 24, 335–347 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021882701658

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