• DocumentCode
    2899496
  • Title

    Space qualified, 75-Watt V-band helix TWTA

  • Author

    Robbins, Neal R. ; Dibb, Daniel R. ; Menninger, William L. ; Zhai, Xiaoling ; Lewis, David E.

  • Author_Institution
    L-3 Commun., Electron Technol. Inc., Torrance, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    24-26 April 2012
  • Firstpage
    349
  • Lastpage
    350
  • Abstract
    L-3 Communications Electron Technologies Inc., (L-3 ETI), has completed space-flight qualification for a 75-watt V-band helix traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA) capable of over 6 GHz instantaneous bandwidth. This paper will discuss the TWTA performance, manufacturing and flight qualification test results.
  • Keywords
    microwave amplifiers; satellite communication; travelling wave amplifiers; L-3 Communications Electron Technologies Inc; L-3 ETI; TWTA performance; V-band helix TWTA; V-band helix traveling-wave tube amplifier; instantaneous bandwidth; manufacturing; power 75 W; satellite communication; space-flight qualification; Bandwidth; Electron tubes; Qualifications; Radio frequency; Space vehicles; Testing; Vibrations; RF amplifier; Traveling-wave tube; V-band; mm-wave; satellite communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2012 IEEE Thirteenth International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0188-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0187-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVEC.2012.6262190
  • Filename
    6262190