Accurate tape analysis of the attenuator-coated helical slow-wave structure

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 903-909

  Duan, Zhaoyun ^a   Gong, Yubin ^a   Wang, Wenxiang ^a   Basu, B N ^b   Wei, Yanyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b IFTM Campus   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuator coating; Helix traveling wave tube (TWT); Slow wave structure (SWS); Tape helix model

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

ATTENUATOR COATING; HELICAL SLOW-WAVE STRUCTURE; HELIX TRAVELING-WAVE TUBE; TAPE-HELIX MODEL;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

EID: 33645740287     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2006.871168     Document Type: Article

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