• DocumentCode
    2675160
  • Title

    Development of a 220 GHz, 50 W sheet-beam traveling wave tube

  • Author

    Kimura, Takuji ; Atkinson, John ; Brar, Berinder ; Borwick, Robert ; Chen, Carol ; Field, Mark ; Grant, Thomas ; Hunter, Tom

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. & Power Ind., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    2-7 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the design and fabrication of a sheet beam traveling-wave tube (TWT) amplifier being developed under the DARPA HiFIVE program. The device is designed to achieve over 50 W output power at 220 GHz with a power-bandwidth product exceeding 1 kW-GHz.
  • Keywords
    millimetre wave amplifiers; network synthesis; travelling wave amplifiers; DARPA HiFIVE program; frequency 220 GHz; power 50 W; sheet beam TWT amplifier; sheet beam traveling-wave tube amplifier; Cathodes; Couplers; Fabrication; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic circuits; Power generation; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Houston, TX
  • ISSN
    2162-2027
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0510-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2162-2027
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105057
  • Filename
    6105057