Title :
Higher power, low cost mini TWTs
Author_Institution :
Electron Devices, Northrop Grumman Corp., San Carlos, CA, USA
Abstract :
Electron Devices has built a large number of wideband MPM-type vacuum devices (TWT vacuum power boosters) for military applications. This paper provides a hardware-centered status as to our results on the promises of last year.
Keywords :
electronic countermeasures; military equipment; travelling wave tubes; 150 to 270 W; 6 to 18 GHz; ECM systems; Electron Devices; TWT vacuum power boosters; gun assembly; hardware-centered status; high power low cost mini TWTs; military applications; wideband MPM-type vacuum devices; Assembly; Cathodes; Circuits; Costs; Defense industry; Electron devices; Power generation; Production; Voltage; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2002. IVEC 2002. Third IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7256-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2002.999416
