A high power TWT for military satcom

Author

Fritz, O., Jr.

Author_Institution

CPI, Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2-4 May 2000

Abstract

In 1994, a contract was received for the Heavy Terminal, (HT), Program. The award was from the U.S. Army / Harris Corporation to build a 2 1/4 kW X-band helix vacuum electron device (VED), to be used in a military satellite communications terminal. The VED needed to be of an air-cooled variety. The contract was awarded as a result of competing with other suppliers of VEDs and successfully qualifying the unit. A second hurdle was to qualify the VED in the MCL INC. power supply to be sure the VED and the power supply were compatible. The qualifications for the VED came under two headings: 1) electrical tests, and 2) environmental tests. These are discussed. The device lifetime is also discussed.

Keywords

military communication; military equipment; satellite communication; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication terminals; travelling wave tubes; 18 to 20 percent; 2.25 kW; 7.9 to 8.4 GHz; HT Program; Heavy Terminal Program; VED; X-band helix vacuum electron device; air-cooled device; device lifetime; electrical tests; environmental tests; high power TWT; military satcom; military satellite communications terminal; power supply; Contracts; Electron devices; Iron; Military satellites; Power engineering and energy; Power supplies; Qualifications; Stability; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2000. Abstracts. International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5987-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OVE:EC.2000.847399

Filename

847399