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Results of experimental studies of aluminum nitride based composites with addition of silicon carbide and molybdenum having high microwave absorption are presented. The interconnection between high level of absorption and volume electrical resistance was observed: maximum absorption of 6.5±1,0 dB/mm corresponds to the electrical resistance of (4—5)·105 Ohm·m. Level of absorption of 3.5±0,5 dB/mm is revealed for the dielectric material with electrical conductivity of 1012 Ohm·m. The patterns detected during the study allow to predict the minimum and maximum levels of absorption of microwave energy in the two-phase composites based on aluminum nitride with molybdenum or silicon carbide, based on the measured volume of electrical resistance.

The paper presents the results of experimental studies of thermal conductivity and microwave absorption in aluminum nitride based composites with different percentages of silicium carbide and molybdenum. It is shown that the optimal composition of the studied materials is the composite with 46% of silicium carbide and 4% of molybdenum. This composition reveals high UHF-energy absorption level of 42 dB/cm in the frequency range of 9.5—10.5 GHz and high thermal conductivity of 65 W/(m*K).

The conventional approach to calculating the space charge for the traveling-wave tube (TWT) with phase velocity jumps is to use the same values of the depression coefficient as the ones for homogeneous helical TWTs. However, if the variable component of the exciting current in the expressions for determining the reduction coefficient is changed in amplitude, then the reduction factor is a complex value. Perhaps the neglect of this fact can significantly affect the volume discharge calculated value, and hence the non-synchronization parameter, for those of its values, which are characteristic of the TWT with a phase velocity jump. In this paper, formulas has been obtained for computation of real and imaginary parts of the complex reduction coefficient for a cylindrical electrons beam with exponential variable amplitude of variable current component in the TWT. Influence of complex reduction coefficient on the parameters of the TWT operating in the linear mode is estimated. It is shown that taking into account the imaginary part of the reduction coefficient for linear operation of the TWT makes it possible to change the estimated amount of space charge 1.5 to 2 times, which in its turn has quite a strong effect on the formation of the initial conditions of the nonlinear mode and, subsequently, on the output characteristics of the TWT.

Analysis of properties and characteristics of the alumina, beryllium oxide and aluminum nitride based ceramic materials used in UHF electronic devices has been made. It was shown that the complex of parameters including structural and functional characteristics of the high-thermal conductive aluminum nitride ceramics prevail over all types of alumina ceramics and is not lower than the same characteristics of the beryllium oxide ceramics especially at the temperatures higher than 450 °C. The examples of the prevailing use of the aluminum nitride ceramics inside vacuum UHF-region devices: TWT’s and klystrons.

The article presents the results of experimental measurements. It is shown that the behavior of the dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent in the investigated frequency range is due to the lack of relaxation processes in ceramics associated with the orientation polarization and to weak influence of ion and electron polarization.

Experimental results on beam transmission of intensive electron beams in high-voltage TWT with PPM focusing system with nonsinusoidal field at great values of magnetic field parameter α are presented. It is shown, that at 1,01,4, which correspond to the second region of stability, conductance is 82% in statics and 75% in dynamics.