The C-band three-cavity transit-time effect oscillator (3C TTTO) is a novel high power microwave device based on the transit-time effect of the three-cavity (3C) resonator. The operational principle of this device is ...The C-band three-cavity transit-time effect oscillator (3C TTTO) is a novel high power microwave device based on the transit-time effect of the three-cavity (3C) resonator. The operational principle of this device is briefly expounded in this paper, and the theoretical and experimental researches on the radial insulation diode, the 3C resonator, the double-gap output cavity and the circular waveguide bevel cut radiation antenna are presented in detail. By using the analytic method, the eigen modes and their field distributions of the 3C resonator are developed, and some basic laws of the transit-time effect are obtained in non-p mode field of the 3C resonator. At last, the experimental results are given. This device generated RF peak power in excess of 400MW with 15ns FWHM, and its beam-wave power conversion efficiency is about 17%.展开更多
文摘The C-band three-cavity transit-time effect oscillator (3C TTTO) is a novel high power microwave device based on the transit-time effect of the three-cavity (3C) resonator. The operational principle of this device is briefly expounded in this paper, and the theoretical and experimental researches on the radial insulation diode, the 3C resonator, the double-gap output cavity and the circular waveguide bevel cut radiation antenna are presented in detail. By using the analytic method, the eigen modes and their field distributions of the 3C resonator are developed, and some basic laws of the transit-time effect are obtained in non-p mode field of the 3C resonator. At last, the experimental results are given. This device generated RF peak power in excess of 400MW with 15ns FWHM, and its beam-wave power conversion efficiency is about 17%.