Low-noise microwave oven magnetrons with fast start-oscillation by azimuthally varying axial magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1152-1159

  Neculaes, V Bogdan ^a   Gilgenbach, Ronald M ^a   Lau, Yue Ying ^a   Jones, Michael C ^a   White, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROWAVE OVENS; NOISE ABATEMENT; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BUNCHING; HIGH POWER MICROWAVES; MICROWAVE NOISE; MICROWAVE OVEN MAGNETRONS;

MAGNETRONS;

EID: 4344695338     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2004.828806     Document Type: Article

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