• DocumentCode
    1434335
  • Title

    Design and Operation of a 2.7 MW Periodic Permanent Magnet Focused X-band Klystron

  • Author

    Balkcum, Adam ; Begum, Rasheda ; Cattelino, Mark ; Cox, Lydia ; Forrest, Scott ; Friedlander, Fred ; Roeder, Loren ; Staprans, Armand ; Stockwell, Brad ; Zitelli, Lou

  • Author_Institution
    Microwave Power Products Div., Commun. & Power Ind., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1270
  • Lastpage
    1276
  • Abstract
    A compact periodic permanent magnet focused 9290 MHz klystron is described that produces 2.7 MW of output power with 52 dB of gain and 43% efficiency. Three klystrons have been manufactured that exhibited a high degree of repeatability and robustness with all meeting the performance requirements. The goal of a first-time-through design success was met through the use of extensive multidimensional modeling of all aspects of the klystron. Agreement between simulated and measured performance was very good.
  • Keywords
    klystrons; permanent magnets; X-band klystron; compact periodic permanent magnet; frequency 9290 MHz; multidimensional modeling; power 2.7 MW; Electron tubes; klystrons; microwave amplifiers; microwave tubes; periodic permanent magnet (PPM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2010.2042079
  • Filename
    5427065