• DocumentCode
    1419684
  • Title

    94-GHz TWT for military radar applications

  • Author

    Gerum, W. ; Schneider, Klaus

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson Tubes Electron. GmbH, Ulm
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    For future military radar applications, high frequency, light-weight TWTs become more and more important. To cover this market, Thomson Tubes Electroniques GmbH several years ago started the development of a 94-GHz TWT. The goal of this program was a TWT (double comb delay line structure) in the 94-GHz frequency range with an instantaneous bandwidth greater than 500 MHz (tunable within 1 GHz) and an output peak power greater than 200 W in the center of the band (150 W over the band) for a duty cycle of max. 10%. The basic design and main test results of the 94-GHz TWT are the content of this paper
  • Keywords
    delay lines; military radar; millimetre wave tubes; radar transmitters; travelling wave tubes; 150 to 200 W; 500 MHz; 94 GHz; EHF; MM-wave TWT; Thomson Tubes Electroniques GmbH; double comb delay line structure; lightweight TWTs; military radar applications; Delay lines; Electron optics; Electron tubes; Frequency; Missiles; Optical distortion; Production; Prototypes; Radar applications; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.892170
  • Filename
    892170