• DocumentCode
    2929172
  • Title

    PL-5: The evolution of vacuum electronics for UHF TV broadcast

  • Author

    Boyle, Michael A.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron Devices Div., L-3 Commun., Williamsport, PA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    18-20 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    9
  • Lastpage
    12
  • Abstract
    This paper will review the evolution of high power UHF vacuum electronics that supports the needs of the TV broadcast community. From the early days of analog, and the advent of digital broadcast, high power VEDs have played an important role in providing free over the air TV.
  • Keywords
    UHF tubes; television broadcasting; vacuum microelectronics; vacuum tubes; UHF TV broadcastt; VED technology; vacuum electronics; Bandwidth; Costs; FCC; Klystrons; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Radio transmitters; Signal resolution; TV broadcasting; Tuners; 8VSB; ATSC; CEA; COFDM; IOT; Klystron; MSDC IOT; NTSC;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7098-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503628
  • Filename
    5503628