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
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