Miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure

• US 20150155128A1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Original Assignee: University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
• Inventors: Duan, Zhaoyun, Gong, Yubin, Wang, Yanshuai, Huang, Xiang, Ma, Xinwu, Tang, Tao, Huang, Minzhi, Wang, Zhanliang
• Granted Patent: US 9,425,020 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 23/24 Slow-wave structures , e.g. delay systems

Abstract

A miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure includes: a circular metal waveguide; and metal electric resonance units provided in the circular metal waveguide; wherein the metal electric resonance unit provided in the circular metal waveguide includes a ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate with an electron beam tunnel provided on a center thereof, and a ring plate body of the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate has two auricle-shaped through-holes symmetrically aside an axial-section; a main body of the auricle-shaped through-hole is a ring-shaped hole, two column holes extending towards a center of a circle are provided at two ends of the ring-shaped hole; the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are perpendicular to an axis and are provided inside the circular metal waveguide with equal intervals therebetween, external surfaces of the ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are mounted on an internal surface of the circular metal waveguide.

Claims

1. A miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, comprising:

a circular metal waveguide; and

a plurality of metal electric resonance units provided in said circular metal waveguide;

wherein said circular metal waveguide has an inner diameter of no longer than ⅓

free space wavelength of an electromagnetic wave operating at a center frequency;

each of said metal electric resonance units provided in said circular metal waveguide comprises a ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate with an electron beam tunnel provided on a center thereof, and a ring plate body of said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate has two auricle-shaped through-holes symmetrically aside an axial-section;

a main body of every auricle-shaped through-hole is a ring-shaped hole, two column holes extending towards a center of a circle of said ring-shaped hole are respectively provided at two ends of said ring-shaped hole;

ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are perpendicular to an axis of said circular metal waveguide and are provided inside said circular metal waveguide with equal intervals therebetween, external surfaces of said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are mounted on an internal surface of said circular metal waveguide.

2. The miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein diameters of said electron beam tunnels equal to each other and are 0.25-0.35 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide.

3. The miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein said ring plate body of said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate has said two auricle-shaped through-holes symmetrically aside said axial-section;

an interval between end faces facing each other of said auricle-shaped through-holes symmetrical to each other on said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate is 0.05-0.075 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide.

4. The miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein said main body of said auricle-shaped through-hole is said ring-shaped hole, said two column holes extending towards said center of said circle are respectively provided at said two ends of said ring-shaped hole;

an external diameter of said ring-shaped hole is 0.85-0.95 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide, a distance between an inner hole surface and an outer hole surface of said ring-shaped hole is 0.125-0.175 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide, a bottom width of said column hole is 0.05-0.175 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide, and a perpendicular distance between a bottom of said column hole and a center line of said circular metal waveguide is 0.55-0.65 said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide.

5. The miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates are perpendicular to said axis and are provided inside said circular metal waveguide with said intervals therebetween;

a quantity of said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates is 15-30, said interval between two adjacent ring-shaped electric resonance metal plates is no longer than ⅗

a guide wavelength of an electromagnetic wave operating at a center frequency, a thickness of said ring-shaped electric resonance metal plate is 1-2 mm.

6. The miniaturized all-metal slow-wave structure, as recited in claim 1, wherein said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide is no longer than ⅓

said free space wavelength of said electromagnetic wave operating at said center frequency, and said inner diameter of said circular metal waveguide is 0.15-0.25 said free space wavelength of said electromagnetic wave operating at said center frequency.