Seventy Percent Efficient Flight Set Average Ku-band Traveling Wave Tubes for Satellite Communications

Author

Menninger, William L. ; Blank, S.T. ; McGeary, William L.

Author_Institution

L-3 Commun. Electron Technol. Inc., Torrance, CA

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

22

Abstract

L-3 Communications Electron Technologies, Inc. is offering fully qualified, production-ready Ku-band traveling wave tubes (TWTs) for space communications with demonstrated efficiencies exceeding 70%. The Ku-band 88150HX product line succeeded the 88115H family of TWTs in 2004. The 88150HX is just one product in a broad range of high-efficiency, high-power TWT and linearized TWT amplifier (LTWTA) products which are constantly under development at L-3 ETI, where we are committed to providing the highest quality products and performance through a constant focus on improvement

Keywords

microwave tubes; satellite communication; travelling wave amplifiers; travelling wave tubes; 88150HX; Ku-band traveling wave tubes; flight set average; linearised TWT amplifier; satellite communications; Bismuth; Communications technology; Electron beams; Electron tubes; Frequency; Linearity; Packaging; Production; Satellite communication; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2006.1666164

Filename

1666164