Title :
A 20 GHz/30 W TWTA for olympus transponder
Author :
Roccucci, S. ; Sciangula, C. ; Adirosi, D.
Author_Institution :
Selenia Spazio, Roma - Italy
Abstract :
The 20 GHz/30 W TWTA is an on-board part of the communication equipment which has been conceived as a flexible element within different experiment and service demonstration; e.g. video-teleconference within two or more earth stations, tele-education, data and video transmissions. The TWTA design (Traveling-wave tube amplifier), described herein, has been designed by Selenia Spazio S.p.A. under a current ESA contract in the development of the Olympus program, the biggest advanced european program for telecommunications.
Keywords :
Accuracy; Cathodes; Heating; Inverters; Regulators; Telemetry; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference (ESA SP-230), 1985 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Toulouse, France
DOI :
10.1109/PESC-ESASP.1985.7069796
