Title :
A 1MW S-band klystron for weather radar
Author :
Gajaria, Deepika ; Balkcum, Adam ; Begum, Rasheda ; Casey, Pat ; Forrest, Scott ; Lenci, Steve
Author_Institution :
Commun. & Power Ind., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
An air cooled, 1 MW klystron with a tunable bandwidth of 200 MHz centered about 3550 MHz has been developed for weather radar applications. An overview of the design and test results is presented.
Keywords :
klystrons; meteorological radar; S-band klystron; bandwidth 200 MHz; power 1 MW; weather radar applications; Cavity resonators; Klystrons; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Tuners; klystron; weather radar;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0188-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0187-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262118
