Planar Slow-Wave Structure with Parasitic Mode Control

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dc.contributor.advisorAntonsen, Thomas Men_US
dc.contributor.advisorNusinovich, Gregory Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Long Baoen_US
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-17T05:31:31Z
dc.date.available2014-10-17T05:31:31Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractModern vacuum tube devices dominate the field of high power and high frequency electronics. Among them, the Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier (TWTA) has broad bandwidth and consequently a wide range of applications. In this thesis, a planar sheath-like slow wave structure with rectangular geometry is studied and considered for use in a TWTA driven by a sheet electron beam. Although use of a wide sheet beam promises high power, the large transverse dimension of the structure risks interaction of the beam with multiple backward wave modes. Both the operating mode and the parasitic modes are analyzed using field theories with the planar sheath approximation. These solutions are then compared with finite element computations. Suppression of backward waves is then considered by designing the structure to preferentially absorb these waves. The results show good control of mode competition and high primary mode gain.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M28S36
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15933
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledElectrical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledElectromagneticsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledTheoretical physicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBackward Waveen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledParasitic Modeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPlanaren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSlow-Wave Structureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTraveling Wave Tubeen_US
dc.titlePlanar Slow-Wave Structure with Parasitic Mode Controlen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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