均匀磁聚焦和周期磁聚焦部分屏蔽流过渡区的设计

本文叙述均匀磁聚焦和周期磁聚焦部分屏蔽流过渡区设计的一种方法,指出对于阳极电位与慢波线电位不同的电子光学系统,以及这两个电位虽然相同,但导流系数大,阳极孔效应严重的电子光学系统,它们的过渡区的设计,必须采用非等位空间中的傍轴电子轨迹方程。并对用部分屏蔽流周期磁聚焦的电子光学系统,电子枪区中的电子轨迹与磁力线重合的问题提出一些看法。     

旋转布阵双臂短螺旋天线阵的矩量法分析

从混合位方程出发,采用曲线分段的矩量法和脉冲检验基函数分析无限大导电平面上的双臂圆柱短螺旋天线阵列辐射特性。通过推导阵列布阵方式与远区场轴比的关系,介绍一种优化阵列轴比的布阵方法。矩量法的分析结果表明,采用这样的布阵方式实现了很好的轴比特性。计算结果与实验结果吻合较好。     

Numerical computation of the input impedance of a finite helix

A numerical method is given for the determination of the input impedance of a thin-wire helix. The problem is approximated by a frequency-dependent matrix equation whose solution is an approximation to the current distribution and is used in a variational expression for the impedance. Experimental and theoretical results for the determination of the resonant frequency are included.     

Numerical computation of the phase velocity of current on an infinite helix

A numerical method is given for the determination of the propagation velocity of current on a thin-wire helix. The tangential electric field is set to zero at a point on the conductor surface and the propagation constant is found by solving the resultant integral equation by digital computer using a direct-search technique.     

Analysis of the Dispersion Characteristic and Interaction Impedance of a Tape Helix Slow Wave Structure with Novel Supporting Mode

In order to enhance the power capability of the helix travelling wave tube, a novel tape helix slow wave structure (SWS), which is supported by helically arrayed radial dielectric-support posts, is developed. Each dielectric post can be easily brazed with the tape helix and the metal envelope by means of a special soldering. This kind of supporting mode can protect the dielectric supporting posts from being broken by the thermal stress in the case of high temperature. A hybrid model is set up in consideration of the influences of both the radial thickness of the tape helix and these discrete dielectric-support posts. The dispersion equation and interaction impedance of the helical SWS are obtained. The calculated results using this hybrid model presented in the paper show good agreements with the HFSS simulation results. All the results presented here can provide a good basis for designing the novel tape helix SWS.     

A study of the sheath helix with a conducting core and its application to the helical antenna

A theoretical study of the sheath helix antenna with a conducting core is made via the complex solutions of an associated determinantal equation. The variation of the characteristics of operation with respect to core size and pitch angle is established. A comparison of the complex solutions for the sheath helix and tape helix indicates that a good understanding of the helical antenna can be gained from the sheath model. In particular, explaining broadside radiation in terms of complex solutions is shown to give results in agreement with previously reported empirical data. However, this comparison also points out the limitations of the sheath model in predicting the operational parameters accurately.     

Interaction between the electron beam and the surface wave in a dielectric plate

A model of the traveling-wave tube (TWT) that includes a dielectric plate adjoining a perfectly conducting surface and a metal screen parallel to the plate is considered. The dispersion equation in the presence of a homogeneous electron beam filling the space between the plate and the screen is derived. The method of differentiation of the dispersion equation is used to obtain and calculate coefficients of the TWT characteristic equation and coupling and depression coefficients, i.e., coefficients determining the main properties of the TWT. The considered model is compared with an “impedance” comb structure and a cylindrical helix. Conclusions concerning the prospects of development of a “dielectric” TWT are drawn.     

过渡段螺距渐变对相速跳变的螺旋线行波管电子效率的改善

通过注波互作用机理的定性讨论得到了过渡段螺距合理渐变能改善螺旋线行波管效率的初步结论,而由过渡段螺距改变前后的螺旋线行波管色散方程和工作方程的理论分析得出的数值计算结果与初步结论相一致,并得出了过渡段螺距恰当的渐变方式对改善相速跳变螺旋线行波管的边频效率起很大作用的重要结论。得出的结论对螺旋线慢波系统设计工作的进一步开展指明了一个方向。     

Wide-band sleeve-cage and sleeve-helical antennas

A sleeve-cage monopole has parasitic wire elements that form a sleeve around the driven cage antenna. Appropriate placement and dimensions of the wire parasites lead to bandwidth enhancement. Genetic algorithms and an integral equation solver are employed to determine the position and lengths of the parasitic wires in order to minimize voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) over a band. The cage is replaced by a normal-mode quadrifilar helix for height reduction and the resulting structure is referred to as a sleeve helix. Measured VSWR and input impedance data are in good agreement with computed data. A fabricated sleeve-cage monopole has a bandwidth ratio of 4.4:1 and a sleeve helix has a bandwidth ratio of 3.5:1 for measured VSWR less than 3.5.     

不同方法制备的螺旋线慢波组件的散热性能的研究

利用电阻温度系数法对冷弹压法、缠钼带热挤压法、石墨热挤压法、磁控溅射覆膜法及新型的无变形热挤压法制备的慢波组件散热性能进行了实验研究,结果表明石墨热挤压法、磁控溅射覆膜法和无变形热挤压方法比冷弹压法和传统的缠钼带热挤压法制备的慢波组件散热性能强许多.传统的石墨热挤压法可与无变形热挤压法制备的组件的散热能力相比拟,但石墨热挤压法会引起慢波组件的两次变形,使慢波组件的微波反射点增多增强,溅射镀膜法比无变形热挤压法制备的慢波组件散热性能强一些,但由于焊接法工艺的复杂性降低了其优势.这些结果为制备散热性能强的慢波组件提供了有益的实验结果.     

A model of a diaphragmatic-waveguide traveling-wave tube

On the basis of a physical notions of the specific features of the slow-wave field distribution in the helix structure of a traveling-wave tube (TWT), various methods for controlling the amount of wave slowing and the slope of the dispersion characteristic are analyzed. The effect of the dielectric supports and correcting elements placed outside the helix is considered. In addition to the known methods for correcting dispersion through the use of a dielectric shield and longitudinally conducting elements, which weaken the interaction with the electron flow, new methods that provide both an efficient interaction with the electrons and the possibility of operation without backward-wave self-excitation at voltages higher than the voltages used with conventional helices are proposed and analyzed. With an analysis based on the equivalent-line method, it is shown that the slope of the helix dispersion characteristic can be decreased by the appropriate use of ring-shaped supports. Design solutions using the new methods of correction are considered. The history of development of ultrabroadband TWTs, including the work done in the Soviet Union on tubes with centrifugal electrostatic focusing, whose actual amplification band can be as wide as three octaves, is partially presented.     

一种具有新型分立介质支撑的翼片加载螺旋带慢 波结构的研究

本文研究了一种具有新型分立介质支撑的翼片加载螺旋带慢波系统,该种慢波系统具有较高的功率容量和较宽的带宽.通过用切比雪夫多项式来展开螺旋带上的面电流,用真空层来模拟螺旋带的厚度,用均匀分层介质来等效新型分立介质支撑,考虑到过渡连接金属块的影响,用场论的方法得到了非常实用的色散方程和耦合阻抗的表达式,同时进行了HFSS模拟,发现用场论的方法所得出的结果与用HFSS模拟的结果吻合良好.本文的结果对这种新型慢波结构的设计具有指导意义.     

Correction of the dispersion characteristic of a helix slow-wave structure in traveling-wave tubes

On the basis of a physical notions of the specific features of the slow-wave field distribution in the helix structure of a traveling-wave tube (TWT), various methods for controlling the amount of wave slowing and the slope of the dispersion characteristic are analyzed. The effect of the dielectric supports and correcting elements placed outside the helix is considered. In addition to the known methods for correcting dispersion through the use of a dielectric shield and longitudinally conducting elements, which weaken the interaction with the electron flow, new methods that provide both an efficient interaction with the electrons and the possibility of operation without backward-wave self-excitation at voltages higher than the voltages used with conventional helices are proposed and analyzed. With an analysis based on the equivalent-line method, it is shown that the slope of the helix dispersion characteristic can be decreased by the appropriate use of ring-shaped supports. Design solutions using the new methods of correction are considered. The history of development of ultrabroadband TWTs, including the work done in the Soviet Union on tubes with centrifugal electrostatic focusing, whose actual amplification band can be as wide as three octaves, is partially presented.     

An investigation of the magnetic transverse waves on an electron beam

An electron beam in the presence of an axial magnetic field supports four transverse waves; two cyclotron waves, and two synchronous waves. A general coupling theory is developed from an electronic equation and a circuit equation to describe how these waves can be coupled to traveling-wave circuits. The polarization and power flow characteristics of the waves are derived. The theory is applied to. the bifilar helix, a circuit which can couple selectively to each of the four modes. A bifilar helix traveling-wave tube was used to investigate experimentally the four beam modes and provide a quantitative check of the coupling theory.     

Modeling of normal-mode helical antennas at 900 MHz and 1.8 GHz formobile communications handsets using the FDTD technique

A simple technique is proposed for modeling short normal-mode helical antennas using a commercial finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) code with a rectangular grid and a nominal extension of the wire. The approach allows affects on the input impedance and radiation performance of the helix to be examined and importantly does not require modification of the excitation subroutines. Normal-mode helical antennas for mobile communications use at 900 and 1800 MHz were designed using the proposed method and good agreement with measurements of impedance and near-magnetic field strength was found. The radiating performance of the helix was compared to that of a λ/4 monopole and generally found to be inferior at 900 MHz due to only 19.2 % efficiency in the presence of the head. At 1.8 GHz the two antenna types showed similar characteristics except in regard to bandwidth, 36.1 % for the monopole and 7.8 % for the helix, in the presence of the head. The modeled helix antennas produce spatial peak specific absorption rate (SAR) figures that are up to 27 % greater at 900 MHz and up to 49 % greater at 1.8 GHz than the corresponding monopole values due to the shorter antenna     

Ferrite-Loaded Helical Line with Coaxial Inner Conductor (Correspondence)

A transcendental characteristic equation of a thin-wire cylindrical helix with coaxial inner conductor uniformly filled with circumferentially magnetized gyromagnetic medium is derived in terms of modified Bessel functions and confluent hypergeometric functions. Two special cases of the structure are considered.     

Analysis of Helix Slow Wave Structure for High Efficiency Space TWT

This paper describes the analysis of helix slow-wave structure (SWS) for a high efficiency space traveling wave tube that is carried out using Ansoft HFSS and CST microwave studio, which is a 3D electromagnetic field simulators. Two approaches of simulating the dispersion and impedance characteristics of the helix slow wave structure have been discussed and compared with measured results. The dispersion characteristic gives the information about axial propagation constant (Beta). Which in turn yields the phase velocity at a particular frequency. The dispersion and impedance characteristics can be used in finding the pertinent design parameters of the helix slow-wave structure. Therefore a new trend has been initiated at CEERI to use Ansoft HFSS code to analysis of the helix slow wave structure in its real environment. The analysis of the helix SWS for Ku-band 140W space TWT has been carried out and compared with experimental results, and found is close agreement.     

Design formulas for helix dispersion shaping

A simple method of calculating effects of various boundaries around the helix on the dispersion relation and the interaction impedance is presented. The analytical technique is based on the use of equivalent circuit parameters derived from rigorous field analyses. The main advantage of this method is that effects of various perturbing objects (dielectrics, shields, etc.) can be calculated independently, regardless of the model of the unperturbed system. Equivalent circuit parameters are obtained for helices with several different forms of perturbing boundaries, including wedge-shaped dielectric rods, conducting boundaries, longitudinally conducting wires and fins, and combinations of these. The method of analysis is versatile so that the dispersion relation for any one particular form of the helix may be calculated from known characteristics of another using only three sets of universal curves.     

Strapped bifilar helices for high-peak-power traveling-wave tubes

A method of increasing the peak-pulsed power output of broad-band traveling-wave tubes is described. The method involves the use of a modified bifilar helix for the slow-wave structure. The modification employs 1) special straps or 2) mode-selective attenuation to prevent backward-wave oscillation in the anti-symmetric mode. This results in the possibility of using helices in the symmetric mode at values of ka (circumference-to-free-space wavelength ratio) as large as 0.6 at the highest amplification frequency. This in turn makes possible an increase in peak-pulsed beam power of a factor of approximately sixteen times that possible with a single helix. Both analytical and experimental results regarding the behavior of the structures are presented showing the propagation characteristics. The experimental results include cold measurements to determine ω-β diagrams and measurements with an electron beam which yield experimental values of interaction impedance.     

Modal approach to scattering of electromagnetic waves by a conducting tape helix

Electromagnetic wave scattering by a tape helix of infinite extent is studied by using Floquet wave expansions for the guided modes and scattered fields. The solution reduces to earlier results as a special limiting case for normal incidence on a sheath helix. The current induced on an infinite helix computed by the presented technique bears close resemblance to the current induced on a long but finite helix as computed by Galerkin's method. The spatial frequency spectrum of the induced current is plotted to show the dominance of the spatial harmonics that are phase matched with the guided modes of the helix. Azimuthal patterns of the scattered field are included to illustrate that interference increases as the diameter of the helix is increased.