DocumentCode
2899208
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
fYear
2012
fDate
24-26 April 2012
Firstpage
315
Lastpage
316
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262176
Filename
6262176
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