Micro-wave tube with mechanical frequency tuning
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsJenah Vanpoperynghe, Jean-Paul Prulhiere
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Abstract
This invention relates to a microwave tube (3) for generation of an electromagnetic wave with frequency F. The tube comprises mechanical means for varying the frequency F composed of a set of rings (A, B, C, D) defining a periodic structure inside the tube and mechanical means (4, 5, 2, G) for displacing rings with respect to each other while maintaining a periodicity for periodic structure during displacement of the rings. The invention is applicable to any type of microwave tube, such as a PWT, a BWO type tube, a klystron, a magnetron, a carcinotron, a maser, etc.
Claims6
Microwave tube (3) for generation of an electromagnetic wave with frequency F, characterised in that it comprises mechanical means for varying the frequency F composed of a set of rings (A, B, C, D) defining a periodic structure inside the tube and mechanical means (4, 5, 2, G;
- 7, 8, 9, 10) for displacing the rings with respect to each other while maintaining a periodicity for the periodic structure during displacement of the rings.
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