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We present development progress for a 233 GHz hybrid serpentine waveguide TWT amplifier employing microfabrication techniques based on UV-LIGA. Maximum output power from the circuit is predicted to exceed 140 W from a 20 kV, 124 mA electron beam. Updates include progress of the circuit microfabrication and testing, window tuning, and electron gun.
We present the first results of linearity measurements made on a Ka-band traveling-wave tube (TWT) driver-booster combination consisting of high power, broadband coupled-cavity TWT (CCTWT) cascaded with a folded-waveguide power booster TWT (FWTWT).
We present the demonstration of the first traveling wave tube circuit fabricated using ultraviolet photolithography. The complete amplifier demonstrated over 60 W output power at 214.5 GHz with 15 GHz bandwidth in the small signal regime at 14 dB gain. A high-gain 233 GHz amplifier is now under development and predicted to reach over 100 W output power. We present several microfabrication advancements...
Progress on the demonstration of a high power broadband three-beam Ka-band cascaded traveling-wave tube (TWT) prototype is presented. The amplifier will be driven by an electron gun (0.6 A × 3, 20 kV) adapted from our 18-beam multiple-beam klystron gun design. Both serpentine and folded-waveguide versions of the cascaded-TWT have been evaluated. The expected peak RF output power is 4.5 kW with 100...
We are developing a wideband 95-GHz, 200-W TWT powered by a 20-kV, 122-mA electron beam. The serpentine waveguide circuit is fabricated by UV-LIGA using an embedded monofilament, which produces an all-copper structure with beam tunnel. Simulations predict 37 dB small-signal gain and 245 W maximum output power.
A series of Ka-band Coupled-Cavity Traveling-Wave Tubes (CCTWTs) has been successfully developed, built, and tested at Communications and Power Industries (CPI) in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and SAIC. These devices represent a significant advance in the state-of-the-art of millimeter-wave CCTWTs, exploring the limits of power, bandwidth, and stability. We discuss the design...
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