Three-dimensional modeling of AC space charge for large-signal TWT simulation

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 764-773

  Cooke, Simon J ^a   Chang, Chia Lie ^b   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^c   Chernin, David P ^b   Levush, Baruch ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation; Space charge; Traveling wave tubes (TWTs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AC SPACE CHARGE FIELD; LINEAR BEAM TRAVELING WAVE TUBE DEVICES; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 18844432818     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845870     Document Type: Article

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