DEFLECTION MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE AMPLIFIERS

Authors
TANG CM LAU YY SWYDEN TA
Citation
Cm. Tang et al., DEFLECTION MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE AMPLIFIERS, Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures processing, measurement and phenomena, 12(2), 1994, pp. 790-794
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Journal of vacuum science & technology. B, Microelectronics and nanometer structures processing, measurement and phenomena → ACNP
ISSN journal
10711023
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
790 - 794
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-1023(1994)12:2<790:DMAMA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A new class of microwave and millimeter-wave amplifiers, called deflec tron amplifiers, which are based on the deflection of low voltage elec tron beams in a microstructure were analyzed. This concept may be appl ied in two ways: as microelectronic amplifiers or as bunched beam cath odes to power conventional amplifier configurations such as klystrodes and traveling wave tubes. Estimates for gain and efficiency are obtai ned from a circuit analysis. Particle codes are used to test the viabi lity of the concept. Frequencies of operation are projected up to a fe w tens of GHz for microelectronic amplifiers and up to approximately 8 0 GHZ for power amplifiers.