Dr. Heather Song, and her team at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs have proposed a novel microfabricated ladder-type TWT that would be used for 50GHz V-band operation. This small, symmetric device would require few pieces with a simple assembly process and could potentially be fabricated at a low cost to manufacturers.
Since this microfabricated ladder-type TWT would be a novel device, the design and fabrication process must be optimized, and important features such as nonlinear gain and bandwidth must be understood, before large scale adaptation could occur. For her research and validation process, Dr. Song began reviewing multiphysics simulation software candidates. Realizing that more common simulation tools would be unable to handle both electromagnetic and particle studies as well as the complex geometry of her ladder TWT, she turned to the team at Tech-X for a solution.