A Compact, Pi-Mode Extraction Scheme for the Axial B-Field Recirculating Planar Magnetron

Abstract

A recirculating planar magnetron (RPM), operating in the pi-mode and utilizing a compact, waveguide-based extraction scheme was simulated using ICEPIC. At an applied voltage of 300 kV and B-field of 0.140T, output power of the six-module RPM was 565 MW with 33% efficiency. The oscillator was found to operate at frequency of 2.245 GHz. Increasing the number of extracted modules in the RPM was found to result a linear increase in power at the rate of 120 MW per module.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565729

Entities

People

  • Brad W. Hoff
  • David M. French
  • Geoffrey B. Greening
  • Matthew Franzi
  • R. M. Gilgenbach

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Efficiency
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy
  • Extraction
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetrons
  • Military Research
  • Phase Shift
  • Phase Velocity
  • Voltage
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.