DESIGN OF A KA-BAND HELIX TRAVELING WAVE

TUBE FOR LMDS (LOCAL MULTIPOINT

DISTRIBUTION SERVICE)
Y. H. NA, J. W. Shin
Institute for Advanced Engineering, Yong-In, South Korea
S. J. Lee
Samsung Thales,Yong In, South Korea
Y. S. Ko
JENTEC,Jeonbuk, South Korea
H. S. Kim
Koung-Buk university, Dae-gu, South Korea
H. S. Uhm
Ajou university,Suwon, South Korea
A Ka-band helix traveling-wave-tube (TWT) amplifier is
designed. A Sheath helix theory and HFSS code are validated
by benchmarking the Northrop-Grumman's C-band TWT
Amplifier. Electron gun was designed by the Pierce gun
theory, EGUN code, POISSON code and MAGIC 2D code.
Cathode diameter is 1.6mm to load beam current density
2A/cm2. 49 magnets of PPM were used to focus electron
beam. EGUN and MAGIC2D simulation shows 8% of beam
ripple. Coupler is designed by chebyshev transformer theory
and HFSS code, fabricated and tested. A Ka-band helix circuit
is designed by the use of the Sheath helix theory and HFSS
code. The Pierce linear gain theory predicts a linear gain
growth rate and a helix circuit length. The MAGIC2D
code and 1D LMSUITE code are utilized to predict a large
signal, non-linear performance of the amplifier. Simulations
show that saturated amplified output power is 40 W at 26 ~
30 GHz, corresponding to electronic efficiency of 8 % and
gain of 47 dB where beam voltage, current and axial magnetic
field are 9.4 kV, 80 mA and 2200 Gauss, respectively.
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* This work is supported by the Institute for Information
Technology Advancement