• DocumentCode
    626089
  • Title

    High-efficiency, 200-W Ku-band traveling-wave tubes for satellite communications downlinks

  • Author

    Menninger, William L. ; Eze, David C. ; Hollister, Roger S. ; Martin, Russell H.

  • Author_Institution
    L-3 Commun. Electron Technol., Inc., Torrance, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    21-23 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    L-3 Communications Electron Technologies (L-3 ETI) has recently tested a unit from the production family of Ku-band TWTs, the 88151HXR S/N 110, up to 200-W RF output power in thermal vacuum. Performance data and thermal analysis from the testing will be presented.
  • Keywords
    satellite communication; thermal analysis; travelling wave tubes; 88151HXR S-N 110; Ku-band traveling-wave tubes; L-3 Communications Electron Technologies; L-3 ETI; TWT; performance data; power 200 W; production family; satellite communications downlinks; thermal analysis; thermal vacuum; Downlink; Electron tubes; Power generation; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement; Testing; high-power amplifier; satellite communications; traveling-wave tube;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2013 IEEE 14th International
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5976-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2013.6571081
  • Filename
    6571081