State-of-the-art W-band extended interaction klystron for the CloudSat program

Author

Berry, Dave ; Roitman, Albert ; Steer, Brian

Author_Institution

Commun. & Power Industries Canada Inc., Georgetown, Ont., Canada

fYear

2004

fDate

27-29 April 2004

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

76

Abstract

This paper reviews the NASA/JPL CloudSat extended interaction klystron (EIK) requirements, design, performance, and development of a long life model for the ESA/NASDA EarthCARE program plus a Ka-band extended interaction klystron for the NASA/JPL Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission. The key enabling technology for these missions is a high-power, space-qualified, 94 GHz EIK, that has been developed and fabricated by CPI under contracts from ESA, JPL and CSA. Two flight models were delivered to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is responsible for the instrument payload. This EIK is the first space-qualified high-power W-band amplifier.

Keywords

klystrons; millimetre wave power amplifiers; millimetre wave tubes; space vehicle electronics; spaceborne radar; 94 GHz; CloudSat; EarthCARE; JIMO; W-band klystron; extended interaction klystron; high-power W-band amplifier; high-power space-qualified EIK; millimeter wave radar; Contracts; Instruments; Jupiter; Klystrons; Laboratories; Moon; NASA; Payloads; Propulsion; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2004. IVEC 2004. Fifth IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8261-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2004.1316205

Filename

1316205