Journal of Radio Electronics. eISSN 1684-1719. 2024. №5

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.5.7

APPLICATION OF ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MODEL OF THE SLOW SYSTEM
OF A MILLIMETER waveband TRAVELING WAVE tube

A.A. Ivanov¹, M.V. Morozkin¹, A.A. Orlovskiy^1,2, M.D. Proyavin¹,
R.M. Rozental¹, M.Yu. Shmelev¹

¹ Federal Research Center A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
603950, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Ul'yanov St., 46

² Volga State University of Water Transport,
603950, Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Nesterova st. 5

Thepaperwasreceived March 27, 2024.

Abstract. Using the technology of photopolymer three-dimensional printing with subsequent metallization, a prototype of a slow-wave system for a Q-band traveling wave lamp was manufactured. The deviations in the size of one period of the slow-wave system detected on the measuring microscope did not exceed 5 μm. The results of “cold” electrodynamic measurements of the manufactured system demonstrated good agreement with the calculated data.

Keywords: traveling wave tube, slow-wave structure, additive technologies, three-dimensional printing.

Financing: The work is supported by the state task FFUF-2024-0027

Correspondingauthor:Ivanov Anton Alekseevich, a.ivanov@ipfran.ru

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For citation:

Ivanov A.A., Morozkin M.V., Orlovskiy A.A., Proyavin M.D., Rozental R.M., Shmelev M.Yu. Application of additive technologies for the manufacture of a model of the slow system of a millimeter waveband traveling wave tube. // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2024. – №. 5. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2024.5.7 (In Russian)