EP2294597A4 - Coupled cavity traveling wave tube - Google Patents

Coupled cavity traveling wave tube

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Publication number
EP2294597A4
EP2294597A4 EP09759450A EP09759450A EP2294597A4 EP 2294597 A4 EP2294597 A4 EP 2294597A4 EP 09759450 A EP09759450 A EP 09759450A EP 09759450 A EP09759450 A EP 09759450A EP 2294597 A4 EP2294597 A4 EP 2294597A4
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Prior art keywords
traveling wave
wave tube
coupled cavity
cavity traveling
coupled
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EP09759450A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2294597B1 (en
EP2294597A2 (en
Inventor
Ruey-Jen Hwu
Laurence P Sadwick
Jishi Ren
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Innosys Inc
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Innosys Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J25/00—Transit-time tubes, e.g. klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, magnetrons
    • H01J25/34—Travelling-wave tubes; Tubes in which a travelling wave is simulated at spaced gaps
    • 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
    • H01J23/18—Resonators
    • H01J23/20—Cavity resonators; Adjustment or tuning thereof
    • 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
    • H01J23/28—Interdigital slow-wave structures; Adjustment therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J25/00—Transit-time tubes, e.g. klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, magnetrons
    • H01J25/34—Travelling-wave tubes; Tubes in which a travelling wave is simulated at spaced gaps
    • H01J25/42—Tubes in which an electron stream interacts with a wave travelling along a delay line or equivalent sequence of impedance elements, and with a magnet system producing an H-field crossing the E-field
    • H01J25/44—Tubes in which an electron stream interacts with a wave travelling along a delay line or equivalent sequence of impedance elements, and with a magnet system producing an H-field crossing the E-field the forward travelling wave being utilised
EP20090759450 2008-06-05 2009-06-04 Coupled cavity traveling wave tube Not-in-force EP2294597B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US5918208P 2008-06-05 2008-06-05
PCT/US2009/046305 WO2009149291A2 (en) 2008-06-05 2009-06-04 Coupled cavity traveling wave tube

Publications (3)

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EP2294597A2 EP2294597A2 (en) 2011-03-16
EP2294597A4 true EP2294597A4 (en) 2011-08-10
EP2294597B1 EP2294597B1 (en) 2015-05-20

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EP20090759450 Not-in-force EP2294597B1 (en) 2008-06-05 2009-06-04 Coupled cavity traveling wave tube

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EP (1) EP2294597B1 (en)
JP (1) JP5675596B2 (en)
WO (1) WO2009149291A2 (en)

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US2889486A (en) * 1952-04-03 1959-06-02 Csf Interdigital delay line
US3646389A (en) * 1966-06-14 1972-02-29 Varian Associates Reactively loaded interdigital slow wave circuits having increased interaction impedance and tubes using same
DE1815800A1 (en) * 1968-12-19 1970-06-25 Siemens Ag Travel time tubes with high coupling resistance
US4409519A (en) * 1981-07-29 1983-10-11 Varian Associates, Inc. TWT Slow-wave structure assembled from three ladder-like slabs

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EP2294597B1 (en) 2015-05-20
WO2009149291A3 (en) 2010-03-25
WO2009149291A2 (en) 2009-12-10
JP5675596B2 (en) 2015-02-25
JP2011523181A (en) 2011-08-04
EP2294597A2 (en) 2011-03-16

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