Title :
Development of a tunable, air-cooled, all-gun PM-focused Ku-band klystron
Author :
Habermann, Thomas ; Begum, Rasheda ; Stockwell, Brad ; Zitelli, Lou
Author_Institution :
Microwave Power Products Div., Commun. & Power Industries, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
The growing demands in today´s communications market have increased the need for a larger variety and a faster development of competitive products. With the VKU-8893UTA klystron, CPI is expanding its medium-power product line within Ku band. This paper describes the development and the pending production of this klystron.
Keywords :
electron beam focusing; klystrons; permanent magnets; tuning; 1.05 A; 16.7 to 17.5 GHz; 2.4 kW; 40 MHz; 9.5 kV; Ku-band klystron; VKU-8893UTA klystron; all-gun PM-focused klystron; digital fast tuning system; permanent magnet magnetic circuit; power supply design; tunable air-cooled klystron; Bandwidth; Klystrons; Magnetic circuits; Microwave communication; Power generation; Power industry; Production; Radio frequency; Testing; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2002. IVEC 2002. Third IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7256-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2002.999330
