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Transmission Line Theory and Thermal Analysis of Coaxial Coupler for TWTs

Rupasree Roy,

Dr. Rupasree Roy

Department of Physics

Banasthali University

India

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Vishant Gahlaut,

Mr. Vishant Gahlaut

Department of Physics

Banasthali Vidyapith

India

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Abhishek Jain,

Dr. Abhishek Jain

MWT Area

Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute

India

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Parvez Ahmad Alvi,

Dr. Parvez Ahmad Alvi

Department of Physics

Banasthali University

India

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Sanjay Kumar Ghosh,

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Ghosh

Bharat Electronics

India

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Ashok Kumar Sinha

Dr. Ashok Kumar Sinha

MWT Area

Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

India

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 56, 115-122, 2015

doi:10.2528/PIERL14081601

Abstract

This paper presents the transmission line analysis, thermal and structural analysis of a multi-section coaxial coupler (MSCC) used in traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) to handle high average power over a wide frequency range. Power transmission through coupler from the device demands very good matching between load and source impedances such that low VSWR is achieved. Modeling of the MSCC for wideband TWTs in commercially software packages takes very long iteration time even in high-end computers. An analytical approach has been developed to model MSCC which takes less iteration time even in ordinary computer. Analytical results have been compared to those obtained from CST microwave studio. Finally, thermal and structural analysis has been carried out to study the thermal aspects for handling high average RF power.

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Rupasree Roy, Vishant Gahlaut, Abhishek Jain, Parvez Ahmad Alvi, Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, and Ashok Kumar Sinha, "Transmission Line Theory and Thermal Analysis of Coaxial Coupler for TWTs ," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 56, 115-122, 2015.
doi:10.2528/PIERL14081601

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