DocumentCode
2005896
Title
Reliability of Dual TWTAs - spacecraft system considerations
Author
Phelps, Thomas Keith
Author_Institution
L-3 Commun., Electron Technol., Inc., Torrance, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
22-24 April 2008
Firstpage
173
Lastpage
174
Abstract
This paper presents a model for the reliability of dual and single TWTAs. It is shown that a system with dual TWTAs can be more reliable for less mass than the same system with single TWTAs.
Keywords
reliability; space vehicles; travelling wave amplifiers; dual travelling wave amplifiers reliability; single travelling wave amplifiers reliability; spacecraft system; Aerospace engineering; Communications technology; Design engineering; Electrons; Orbital calculations; Probability; Reliability engineering; Space technology; Space vehicles; Voltage; Reliability; dual TWTA; dual vs single; mass minimization; mission success; optimization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2008. IVEC 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1715-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVELEC.2008.4556437
Filename
4556437
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