“…Over past years, attempts have been made to build microwave oscillators and amplifiers which did not require an RF slow wave circuit, i.e., such devices as the scalloping beam amplifier, 1 the double stream amplifier, 2 and the resistive wall amplifier. 3 These devices were abandoned because the conventional devices such as the klystron, magnetron, and TWT demonstrated superior performance characteristics. Perhaps, however, it is time to reconsider the circuitless devices for mm wave operation because of their inherent simplicity.…”