As the core component of space traveling wave tubes, the cathode-heater assembly is required to be stable, reliable, long life and low power consumption. In this paper, an estimation method of thermal contact resistance is proposed, and the thermal characteristics of cathode-heater assembly structure are simulated. Meanwhile, thermal experiment is designed and undertaken, and the whole temperature distribution of cathode-heater assembly structure under a variety of heating power is obtained for the first time. Furthermore, the thermal boundary and excitation of cathode-heater assembly structure is modified, and the values of thermal contact resistances are obtained by interactive method. Finally, a high reliable thermal model of cathode-heater assembly structure is obtained. It is revealed that cathode temperature calculating accuracy is within 5%, and the calculating error of whole structure is less than 72 °C.
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