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
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
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);
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2010.2042079
