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US 8,525,588 B1Granted
Vacuum electronic device
AssigneeInnoSys, Inc.
InventorsRuey-Jen Hwu, Laurence P. Sadwick, Jishi Ren
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Abstract
Various apparatuses and methods for a vacuum electronic device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a vacuum electronic device includes a vacuum housing, an array of slow wave structures inside the vacuum housing sharing a common electron beam tunnel, an electron beam input port at a first end of the common electron beam tunnel, and an electron beam output port at a second end of the common electron beam tunnel.
Claims20
A vacuum electronic device comprising:
- a vacuum housing;
- and
- an array of electrically conductive slow wave structures inside the vacuum housing, each partially enclosing one of a plurality of electron beam tunnels, wherein the array of slow wave structures are joined such that the plurality of electron beam tunnels combine to form a common electron beam tunnel, and wherein the slow wave structures are operable to carry induced electrical currents and create electromagnetic fields to transfer energy from an electron beam in the common electron beam tunnel to an RF signal passing along the slow wave structures.
A method of manufacturing a vacuum electronic device, comprising:
- providing a vacuum housing;
- providing an array of electrically conductive slow wave structures inside the vacuum housing, each partially enclosing one of a plurality of electron beam tunnels, wherein the array of slow wave structures are joined such that the plurality of electron beam tunnels combine to form a common electron beam tunnel, and wherein the slow wave structures are operable to carry induced electrical currents and create electromagnetic fields to transfer energy from an electron beam in the common electron beam tunnel to an RF signal passing along the array of slow wave structures.
A vacuum electronic device, comprising:
- a vacuum housing;
- an array of electrically conductive slow wave structures inside the vacuum housing, each partially enclosing one of a plurality of electron beam tunnels, wherein the array of slow wave structures are joined such that the plurality of electron beam tunnels combine to form a common electron beam tunnel, and wherein the slow wave structures are operable to carry induced electrical currents and create electromagnetic fields to transfer energy from an electron beam in the common electron beam tunnel to an RF signal passing along the slow wave structures;
- an electron beam input port in the vacuum housing at a first end of the common electron beam tunnel;
- an electron beam output port in the vacuum housing at a second end of the common electron beam tunnel;
- at least one RF input port in the vacuum housing operable to receive the RF signal into the vacuum housing;
- at least one RF output port in the vacuum housing operable to output the RF signal from the vacuum housing.
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