In this article, novel square-ring vertex-bar (SRVB) and rectangular-ring vertex-bar (RRVB)
slow wave structures (SWSs) are proposed to develop high-efficiency wide bandwidth …

This article presents a novel frequency-tapered Ring Bar Slow Wave Structure (RBSWS) for
high-gain and wide-bandwidth Traveling Wave Tubes (TWTs) operating in the K-band for …

The heat dissipation issue of a Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) affects its stability and reliability.
In this paper, the particle-in-cell (PIC) code based on the finite difference time domain …

A novel rectangular-ring vertex double-bar (RRVDB) slow wave structure (SWS) is proposed
to develop high-power high-efficiency traveling-wave tube (TWT). The remarkable …

This paper proposes a fast ANSYS Multiphysics-based system coupling approach to study
the impact of structural deformation on the reflection coefficient (S11) of the helix travelling …

In slow wave structures (SWSs) for helix traveling-wave tubes, both thermal conductivities
(TCs) of materials and thermal contact resistances (TCRs) are temperature-dependent …

Backward-wave oscillation (BWO) is one of the important factors affecting the output power
and operating stability of helix traveling-wave tubes (TWTs). A novel helical slow-wave …

In this article, a potentially pseudoperiodic slow wave structure (SWS) for a broadband, high-
power, helix traveling-wave tube (TWT) is studied. The structure considered here …

Broadband operation of traveling wave tubes (TWTs) demands the use of nonresonant helix
structure as the slow-wave structure (SWS). But there are certain limitations to the power …

Thermal contact resistance is a non-negligible problem in the thermal analysis of traveling
wave tubes. If the influence of thermal contact resistance (TCR) is ignored in the thermal …