A pulsed, high-power, high-voltage video load for the ALCOR transmitter

Author

Brown, Patrick ; McCordic, C. ; Steudel, M.

Author_Institution

Range Syst. Eng., US Army, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

128

Abstract

As part of the ARPA-Lincoln C-band Observables Radar (ALCOR) modernization program, a pulsed high-power, high-voltage, video dummy load (VDL) has been designed. This load is scheduled to be fabricated and installed in the ALCOR transmitter in late 1996. It is intended to facilitate trouble shooting of the final-power-amplifier (FPA) floating-deck modulator, for use in the evaluation of the site inventory of beam switch tubes, and to allow high-duty factor modulator testing without risk to the FPA

Keywords

modulators; power amplifiers; power supplies to apparatus; pulsed power technology; radar transmitters; ALCOR transmitter; ARPA-Lincoln C-band Observables Radar; beam switch tubes; final-power-amplifier; floating-deck modulator; high-duty factor modulator testing; high-voltage video dummy load; modernization program; pulsed high-power video load; resistor type trade-offs; series connecterd resistors; trouble shooting; Cathodes; Impedance; Optical modulation; Power supplies; Pulse modulation; Regulators; Switches; Testing; Transmitters; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1996., Twenty-Second International

Conference_Location

Boca Raton, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3076-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1996.564467

Filename

564467