Development of high average power W-band gyro-amplifiers for radar applications

Author

Blank, M. ; Felch, K. ; James, B.G. ; Borchard, P. ; Cahalan, P. ; Chu, T.S. ; Danly, B.G. ; Calame, J.P. ; Levush, B. ; Nguyen, K. ; Pershing, D. ; Petillo, J. ; Hargreaves, T.A. ; True, R.B. ; Theiss, A.J. ; Good, G.R. ; Lawson, W.G. ; Antonsen, T.M., J

Author_Institution

Microwave Power Products Div., Commun. & Power Ind., Palo Alto, CA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2-4 May 2000

Abstract

There is currently a need for high-power, W-band amplifiers for a number of existing and planned millimeter-wave radar applications. In response to this need, a 10 kW average power, W-band (94 GHz) gyroklystron amplifier was designed and tested in a collaborative effort between the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Litton Electron Devices, Communications and Power Industries (CPI), and the University of Maryland.

Keywords

electron tube testing; gyrotrons; klystrons; millimetre wave tubes; radar equipment; 10 kW; 94 GHz; CPI; Litton Electron Devices; Naval Research Laboratory; W-band; gyroklystron amplifier; millimeter-wave radar; radar applications; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Electron beams; Electron devices; Klystrons; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power industry; Radar applications; Radiofrequency amplifiers;

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.2000.847528

Filename

847528