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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7098-3
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2010.5503628
