travelling-wave tube
travelling-wave tube noun: a type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.
Noun
travelling-wave tube (plural travelling-wave tubes)
- A type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.
- From the early days of the invention of traveling wave tubes and other devices employing electron beams, there have been efforts to understand the mechanisms and physics of RF signal amplification in those devices.2020, Alexander Figotin, An Analytic Theory Of Multi-stream Electron Beams In Traveling Wave Tubes, World Scientific, →ISBN, page 40
- Synonyms:
- TWT
Synonyms of travelling-wave tube
Forms of travelling-wave tube
| plural | travelling-wave tubes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | traveling-wave tube |
| alternative form | traveling wave tube |
| alternative form | travelling wave tube |
Words formed from travelling-wave tube
- TWT
- cold cathode travelling-wave tube
Questions about travelling-wave tube
- What does travelling-wave tube mean?
- Travelling-wave tube means a type of vacuum tube which amplifies electromagnetic signals, where the electron gun fires down the tube with an unmodulated electron beam, that passes through an interaction array, where the EM-signal is fed, which interacts with the electron beam, bunching the electrons, and transferring power to the signal.
- What part of speech is travelling-wave tube?
- Travelling-wave tube is a noun.
- What is the plural of travelling-wave tube?
- The plural of travelling-wave tube is travelling-wave tubes.
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