Accurate analysis of helix slow-wave structures

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1605-1613

  D'Agostino, Stefano ^a   Emma, Francesco ^b   Paoloni, Claudio ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave power amplifier; Microwave tubes; Slow wave structure; Traveling wave amplifier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

SLOW WAVE STRUCTURE;

MICROWAVE TUBES;

EID: 0032122801     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.701495     Document Type: Article

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