Microwave and RF Vacuum Electronic Power Sources
The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series

Do you design and build vacuum electron devices, or work with the systems that use them? Quickly develop a solid understanding of how these devices work with this authoritative guide, written by an author with over fifty years of experience in the field. Rigorous in its approach, it focuses on the theory and design of commercially significant types of gridded, linear-beam, crossed-field and fast-wave tubes. Essential components such as waveguides, resonators, slow-wave structures, electron guns, beams, magnets and collectors are also covered, as well as the integration and reliable operation of devices in microwave and RF systems. Complex mathematical analysis is kept to a minimum, and Mathcad worksheets supporting the book online aid understanding of key concepts and connect the theory with practice. Including coverage of primary sources and current research trends, this is essential reading for researchers, practitioners and graduate students working on vacuum electron devices.

1. Overview; 2. Waveguides; 3. Resonators; 4. Slow-wave structures; 5. Thermionic diodes; 6. Triodes and tetrodes; 7. Linear electron beams; 8. Electron flow in crossed fields; 9. Electron guns; 10. Electron collectors and cooling; 11. Beam-wave interaction; 12. Gridded tubes; 13. Klystrons; 14. Travelling-wave tubes; 15. Magnetrons; 16. Crossed-field amplifiers; 17. Fast-wave devices; 18. Emission and breakdown phenomena; 19. Magnets; 20. System integration; Appendix.

Richard G. Carter is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering at Lancaster University, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).