Title :
Design and Operation of a 100 kW CW X-Band klystron for spacecraft communications
Author :
Balkcum, Adam ; Mizuhara, Albert ; Stockwell, Brad ; Begum, Rasheda ; Cox, Lydia ; Forrest, Scott ; Perrin, Mark ; Zitelli, Louis ; Hoppe, Daniel ; Britcliffe, Michael ; Vodonos, Yakov ; Liou, Ronglin ; Kelley, Daniel ; Stone, Ernest
Author_Institution :
Commun. & Power Ind., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
A 7.19 GHz klystron producing 100 kW CW of output power over 90 MHz of bandwidth has been designed and three klystrons manufactured for use in a new JPL / NASA transmitter for spacecraft communications. The klystron has been fully characterized including its phase pushing figures.
Keywords :
klystrons; microwave tubes; space vehicles; CW X-band klystron; JPL-NASA transmitter; frequency 7.19 GHz; power 100 kW; spacecraft communications; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Klystrons; Power generation; Solenoids; Temperature measurement; Voltage measurement; klystron; phase pushing figure;
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.2012.6262176
