• DocumentCode
    2814066
  • Title

    Development of a megawatt C-band klystron for radar

  • Author

    Balkcum, A. ; Begum, R. ; Cattelino, M. ; Stockwell, B. ; Wu, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. & Power Ind., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-30 April 2009
  • Firstpage
    381
  • Lastpage
    382
  • Abstract
    An air cooled, 1 MW klystron with an instantaneous bandwidth of 50 MHz centered about 5625 MHz has been developed for radar applications. Details of the design and test results are presented.
  • Keywords
    klystrons; radar applications; C-band klystron; bandwidth 50 MHz; instantaneous bandwidth; power 1 MW; radar application; Bandwidth; Cathodes; Frequency; Klystrons; Manufacturing; Power generation; Radar applications; Solenoids; Testing; Thermal management; klystron; radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3500-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3501-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193549
  • Filename
    5193549