NDLI: 100 W Operation of a Cold Cathode TWT

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Author	Whaley, D.R. Duggal, R. Armstrong, C.M. Bellew, C.L. Holland, C.E. Spindt, C.A.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	Recent demonstration of low-voltage high-transconductance field emitter array operation holds promise for the successful development of reliable cold cathode vacuum electronics device technologies. This paper reports on the experimental studies of implementation of such field emitter arrays as the electron source for a moderate power traveling wave tube (TWT) operating in the C-band frequency regime. The cold cathode TWT has operated for over 150 h at duty factors up to 10%, beam currents up to 121 mA, and RF powers up to 100 W at 5 GHz. High cathode current densities of 15.4 A/cm² were achieved concurrent with excellent beam control, resulting in 99.4% beam transmission under zero-RF-drive operating conditions and 97.3% transmission at maximum RF output power. The cathode is shown to operate with a 72% reduction in the operating voltage from the previous generation of emitters fabricated by SRI International, bringing the operating voltage for full current operation well below 100 V. Extensive device characterization and life testing has been performed, and interesting variation in cathode performance was observed during the high-duty high-current portion of the testing program. The results presented here represent the highest current, highest power, and highest duty factor ever reported for an RF vacuum device employing a field emission cold cathode electron source.
Sponsorship	IEEE Electron Devices Society
Starting Page	896
Ending Page	905
Page Count	10
File Size	429862
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189383
Volume Number	56
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-05-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Cathodes Radio frequency Transconductance Performance evaluation Arrays Power generation Logic gates vacuum electron device Cold cathode field emitter array microwave amplifier traveling wave tube (TWT)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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