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US 4,985,659 AGranted
Travelling wave tube provided with an impervious coupling device between its delay line and an external microwave circuit
AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorsJacques Tikes, Joel Le Fur, Pierre Nugues
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Abstract
In a travelling wave tube, the delay line of which is coupled to a transmission line of an external microwave circuit by a coupling pin having a coupling surface that faces an end surface of the transmission line, a microwave window extends between the coupling surface of the coupling pin and the end surface of the transmission line. This window is permeable to the microwave energy and impermeable to the gases. It is fixed imperviously to the travelling wave tube.
Claims2
A travelling wave tube comprising:
- a delay line contained in a sheath, located along a first direction;
- a coupling pin, connected to the delay line, to couple the delay line with a transmission line of an external microwave circuit;
- the transmission line being located along a second direction different from the first direction, and possessing an internal conductive core which has an end surface;
- the coupling pin having a coupling surface located so that it faces the end surface of the conductive core said coupling pin and said conductive core being mechanically independent;
- wherein a vacuum-tight window with a wall permeable to microwave energy, is tightly fixed to said travelling wave tube, said vacuum-tight window extending between the coupling surface of the coupling pin and the end surface of the conductive core, and being mechanically independent from said coupling pin and from said conductive core.
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