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TY - GEN
T1 - Low Cost Fabrication for W-band Slow Wave Structures for Wireless Communications Travelling Wave Tubes
AU - Mathisen, Storm
AU - Basu, Rupa
AU - Billa, Laxma Reddy
AU - Gates, Jonathan
AU - Renninson, Nicolas Paul
AU - Letizia, Rosa
AU - Paoloni, Claudio
PY - 2018/4/24
Y1 - 2018/4/24
N2 - The fabrication of slow wave structures for millimeter wave Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) poses significant difficulties and requires high accuracy processes. The EU H2020 TWEETHER project proposes a Point to Multipoint (PmP) distribution wireless W-band (92 -95 GHz) system for backhaul for small cells in the future 5G scenario and fixed access, based on a folded waveguide W-band TWT. The cost of TWTs and feasible high volume production are key parameters for millimeter wave network front ends. This paper explores possible new approaches for reducing the fabrication cost of millimeter wave slow wave structures for TWTs based on the SU-8 casting and low cost CNC milling process.
AB - The fabrication of slow wave structures for millimeter wave Traveling Wave Tubes (TWT) poses significant difficulties and requires high accuracy processes. The EU H2020 TWEETHER project proposes a Point to Multipoint (PmP) distribution wireless W-band (92 -95 GHz) system for backhaul for small cells in the future 5G scenario and fixed access, based on a folded waveguide W-band TWT. The cost of TWTs and feasible high volume production are key parameters for millimeter wave network front ends. This paper explores possible new approaches for reducing the fabrication cost of millimeter wave slow wave structures for TWTs based on the SU-8 casting and low cost CNC milling process.
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
BT - IVEC 2018 Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - IVEC 2018
Y2 - 24 April 2018 through 27 April 2018
ER -