State-of-the-art W-band extended interaction klystron for the CloudSat program

Author

Roitman, Albert ; Berry, Dave ; Steer, Brian

Author_Institution

Millimeter Wave Products, Commun. & Power Industries Canada Inc, Georgetown, Ont., Canada

Volume

52

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

895

Lastpage

898

Abstract

This paper reviews the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) CloudSat Extended Interaction Klystron requirements, design, performance, and development of a long life model for the European Space Agency (ESA)/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency EarthCARE program plus Ka-band Extended Interaction Klystrons for the NASA/JPL Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter and ESA European Global Precipitation Measurement Missions.

Keywords

aerospace; klystrons; CloudSat program; ESA/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; EarthCARE program; European Global Precipitation Measurement Missions; Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter; NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory; W-band extended interaction klystron; cathode life; depressed collector; long life model; millimeter-wave radar; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Klystrons; Millimeter wave radar; NASA; Power industry; Propulsion; Radar cross section; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; Cathode life; depressed collector; extended interaction klystron; millimeter-wave radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2005.845799

Filename

1424375