Current Development Programs for the Satcom Ka-Band EIK

Author

Dobbs, Richard ; Hyttinen, Mark ; Roitman, Albert

Author_Institution

Commun. & Power Ind. Canada Inc.

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

214

Abstract

For over 30 years, CPI Canada has been designing and manufacturing extended interaction klystrons (EIK). In this time, the state of the art has been advanced significantly, to the point where the Ka-band EIK has been chosen for the uplink amplifiers for several systems. Since it´s introduction, several development programs have enhanced the performance and therefore the value of this product. These development programs have increased efficiency, bandwidth and output power, and have introduced conduction cooling and enhanced depressed collectors to the product line. Current programs are underway which target improvements in efficiency and the provision of field-tuning capability

Keywords

klystrons; microwave amplifiers; satellite communication; Ka-band; conduction cooling; depressed collectors; extended interaction klystrons; satellite communication; uplink amplifiers; Bandwidth; Cooling; Electrodes; Klystrons; Manufacturing; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power system reliability; Radio frequency; Tuning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2006 held Jointly with 2006 IEEE International Vacuum Electron Sources., IEEE International

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0108-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2006.1666260

Filename

1666260