EP0102288A1 - Wanderfeldröhre mit Mitteln zur Dämpfung parasitärer Schwingungen - Google Patents

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EP0102288A1
EP0102288A1 EP83401630A EP83401630A EP0102288A1 EP 0102288 A1 EP0102288 A1 EP 0102288A1 EP 83401630 A EP83401630 A EP 83401630A EP 83401630 A EP83401630 A EP 83401630A EP 0102288 A1 EP0102288 A1 EP 0102288A1
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Robert Duret
Dominique Henry
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J23/00—Details of transit-time tubes of the types covered by group H01J25/00
    • H01J23/16—Circuit elements, having distributed capacitance and inductance, structurally associated with the tube and interacting with the discharge
    • H01J23/24—Slow-wave structures, e.g. delay systems
    • H01J23/30—Damping arrangements associated with slow-wave structures, e.g. for suppression of unwanted oscillations

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  • the present invention relates to a traveling wave tube comprising means for suppressing parasitic oscillations.
  • the invention relates to the field of traveling wave tubes operating as an amplifier and having a delay line of the helix type, that is to say for example, a delay line of single helix, of double helix.
  • the present invention solves this problem.
  • the present invention relates to a traveling wave tube comprising means for suppressing parasitic oscillations and this tube comprises a delay line of the helical type placed in a metal sheath to which it is fixed by dielectric supports.
  • the means for suppressing parasitic oscillations are constituted by at least one helical type auxiliary delay line, placed inside the sheath in one of the intervals between two adjacent dielectric supports, and periodically fixed to the sheath by metal supports. .
  • a helical delay line 1 belonging to a traveling wave tube.
  • the electron gun and the collector of the traveling wave tube which are well known in the prior art, have not been shown in the figure.
  • This delay line is fixed in a sheath or sleeve 2, metallic and cylindrical, by three dielectric supports 3.
  • the propeller and the supports are assembled by clamping in the sleeve.
  • the propeller is made of tungsten for example and the supports of quartz, alumina, glucine or boron nitride.
  • the sleeve can be made of copper.
  • the propeller 1 is brazed to the dielectric supports 3 which are brazed to the sleeve 2.
  • the propeller can then be made of copper, as well as the sleeve, and the dielectric supports can be made of beryllium oxide for example.
  • the metal sleeve 2 is connected to ground, therefore to the tube reference voltage.
  • auxiliary delay lines 4 in a helix, are placed, inside the sheath, in each interval between two adjacent dielectric supports 3.
  • These delay lines auxiliaries are periodically fixed to the sheath 2 by metal supports 5. They are coupled to the main propeller 1, but have no material contact with it.
  • the auxiliary delay lines can be made of copper, molybdenum or tungsten for example and the metal supports can be made of platinum.
  • auxiliary delay lines with periodic grounding, constitute means for suppressing parasitic oscillations because they produce an attenuation which varies with frequency; this attenuation is very important for frequencies close to the cutoff frequency, for which parasitic oscillations can occur and this attenuation is much weaker for the other operating frequencies.
  • auxiliary propellers i.e. the diameter of the wire which constitutes them, their pitch, their diameter ..., as well as the dimensions of the metal supports are calculated to greatly attenuate the frequency zone in which can be produce parasitic oscillations. This frequency zone can be known with precision.
  • the auxiliary propellers therefore constitute resonant circuits.
  • the length of the auxiliary propellers which is between two adjacent metallic supports is substantially equal to half the wavelength of the frequency zone to be attenuated. However, this length is modified in particular so that there is an integer number of turns between two adjacent metal supports.
  • a metal support is provided in contact with each auxiliary propeller every four steps of this propeller.
  • the ends of the auxiliary propellers are constituted by points to ground, that is to say that the auxiliary propellers end in a part in contact with metal supports 5.
  • Variable coupling can be achieved between the auxiliary propellers and the main propeller by varying the thickness of the metal supports 5.
  • the thickness of the metal supports 5 is such that there can be no contact between the main propeller and the auxiliary propellers. There is only a coupling between these propellers, but no material contact.
  • the means for suppressing parasitic oscillations therefore consist of one or more auxiliary delay lines periodically connected to the sheath grounded by metal supports; it should be noted that this structure allows the suppression of parasitic oscillations without the insulating properties of the dielectric supports being diminished, as would be the case if the suppression means were fixed to the dielectric supports. A reduction in the insulating properties of the dielectric supports limits the possibilities of going up in peak power by risk of breakdown of the dielectric.
  • the means for suppressing parasitic oscillations according to the invention are light, not bulky, simple to produce and easily installed.
  • the pitch of the auxiliary propellers is much lower than that of the main propeller, there are always between two successive turns of the main propeller several turns of auxiliary propeller.
  • the invention applies to traveling wave tubes having a main delay line in a helix, or derived from the helix.
  • This delay line can for example be a double helix, that is to say made up of two identical helices, coming from the same point and with reverse winding directions.
  • auxiliary delay lines they are of the helical type, that is to say single helix, double helix, of the type “ring and bar”, of the type “ring and loop".
  • delay lines of the helical type are chosen because they have an aerated structure which allows coupling with the main delay line.
  • the invention covers embodiments where an auxiliary delay line is provided in each interval between two adjacent dielectric supports or only in some of these intervals. There may therefore be one, two, three, and even a greater number of auxiliary helices depending on the number of dielectric supports.
  • the invention covers the embodiments where the auxiliary delay lines are present all along the main delay line or only on a part of it, for example towards the exit of this line which is an area strong interaction.

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EP83401630A 1982-08-20 1983-08-09 Wanderfeldröhre mit Mitteln zur Dämpfung parasitärer Schwingungen Expired EP0102288B1 (de)

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FR8214433 1982-08-20
FR8214433A FR2532109A1 (fr) 1982-08-20 1982-08-20 Tube a onde progressive comportant des moyens de suppression des oscillations parasites

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FR2075837A1 (de) * 1969-12-16 1971-10-15 Thomson Csf
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FR2380633A1 (fr) * 1977-02-10 1978-09-08 Varian Associates Tube a ondes progressives a circuit d'interaction en helice comportant un circuit resonnant a perte

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