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Review of Magnetron Developments

  • Sandeep Kumar Vyas EMAIL logo , Rajendra Kumar Verma , Shivendra Maurya and V.V.P. Singh
Published/Copyright: June 24, 2016
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Abstract

Magnetrons have been the most efficient high power microwave sources for decades. In the twenty-first century, many of the development works are headed towards the performance improvement of CW industrial magnetrons. In this review article, the development works and techniques, used on different types of magnetrons, for the performance enhancement in the past two decades have been discussed. The article focuses on the state of the art of CW magnetron and the direction it will take in foreseeable future. In addition it also glimpses some of the major variants of magnetron which have further opened up scope in mm-THz spectrum of electromagnetism.

Acknowledgments

Authors are thankful to the Director, CEERI for granting permission to publish this review paper. They are also thankful to their colleagues of Project team for their supports. Special thanks to CSIR for awarding the Senior Research Fellowship to one of the author Mr. Sandeep Kumar Vyas.

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Received: 2015-9-9
Published Online: 2016-6-24
Published in Print: 2016-9-1

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