Enhanced prediction of multipaction breakdown in passive waveguide components including space charge effects

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1095-1098

  Anza, S ^a   Vicente, C ^b   Raboso, D ^c   Gil, J ^a   Gimeno, B ^a   Boria, V E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Microwave devices; Passive filters; Rectangular waveguides; Space charge; Vacuum breakdown

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FORECASTING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MODAL ANALYSIS; MODELS; PASSIVE FILTERS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPLEX WAVEGUIDES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCES IN TIME DOMAINS; INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; MULTIPACTOR; MULTIPACTOR EFFECTS; PARTICLE IN CELLS; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; PREDICTION SOFTWARES; PREDICTION TOOLS; REFLECTED POWERS; SPACE CHARGE; SPACE CHARGE EFFECTS; SPACE CHARGE FIELDS; VACUUM BREAKDOWN; WAVEGUIDE FILTERS;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 57349084680     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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