Title :
Development of a megawatt C-band klystron for radar
Author :
Balkcum, A. ; Begum, R. ; Cattelino, M. ; Stockwell, B. ; Wu, C.
Author_Institution :
Commun. & Power Ind., Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
An air cooled, 1 MW klystron with an instantaneous bandwidth of 50 MHz centered about 5625 MHz has been developed for radar applications. Details of the design and test results are presented.
Keywords :
klystrons; radar applications; C-band klystron; bandwidth 50 MHz; instantaneous bandwidth; power 1 MW; radar application; Bandwidth; Cathodes; Frequency; Klystrons; Manufacturing; Power generation; Radar applications; Solenoids; Testing; Thermal management; klystron; radar;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3500-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3501-2
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193549
