• DocumentCode
    3552523
  • Title

    A multi-kilowatt TWT for millimeter waves

  • Author

    Owens, Owen G. ; Forster, Donald C.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, Calif.
  • Volume
    12
  • fYear
    1966
  • fDate
    1966
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    This paper is concerned with new and substantial increase in available cw power levels at millimeter-wave frequencies. Average power in excess of five kilowatts has been achieved at 55 GHz in a forward wave amplifier with about 20 db gain. Bandwidths of 1 GHz and efficiencies of greater than 30% have been observed. These results followed from the extension of conventional traveling wave tube design techniques with particular care in the areas of mechanical tolerances and beam control.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Coupling circuits; Delay lines; Frequency; Gain; Laboratories; Millimeter wave technology; Optical coupling; Power amplifiers; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1966 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1966.187707
  • Filename
    1474546