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Title: Design of a multi beam klystron cavity from its single beam parameters

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4942731· OSTI ID:22589336
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  1. CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani (India)
  2. Department of ECE, MNIT, Jaipur (India)

The klystron is a well-known microwave amplifier which uses kinetic energy of an electron beam for amplification of the RF signal. There are some limitations of conventional single beam klystron such as high operating voltage, low efficiency and bulky size at higher power levels, which are very effectively handled in Multi Beam Klystron (MBK) that uses multiple low purveyance electron beams for RF interaction. Each beam propagates along its individual transit path through a resonant cavity structure. Multi-Beam klystron cavity design is a critical task due to asymmetric cavity structure and can be simulated by 3D code only. The present paper shall discuss the design of multi beam RF cavities for klystrons operating at 2856 MHz (S-band) and 5 GHz (C-band) respectively. The design approach uses some scaling laws for finding the electron beam parameters of the multi beam device from their single beam counter parts. The scaled beam parameters are then used for finding the design parameters of the multi beam cavities. Design of the desired multi beam cavity can be optimized through iterative simulations in CST Microwave Studio.

OSTI ID:
22589336
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1715, Issue 1; Conference: ICCS-2015: 2. international conference on communication systems, Rajasthan (India), 18-20 Oct 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English