Title :
Litton high-power Ka-band TWTs for airborne radars
Author :
Theiss, A.J. ; Lyon, D.B.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electron Devices, Litton Ind., San Carlos, CA, USA
Abstract :
Litton EDD is developing a new class of Ka-band traveling-wave tubes (TWTs) that use a novel integral-polepiece folded-waveguide circuit to generate peak and average powers up to 1500 watts. Rugged and highly reliable, this new technology is especially suited for airborne radars. Ongoing developments to increase the average power, the bandwidth and the frequency may be useful for future designs
Keywords :
airborne radar; avionics; millimetre wave tubes; radar equipment; rectangular waveguides; slow wave structures; 1500 W; 32 to 36 GHz; 45 to 55 dB; Litton TWT; airborne radar; average power; bandwidth; high-power Ka-band TWT; integral-polepiece folded-waveguide circuit; millimetre wave TWT; radar power source; rectangular waveguide; reduced weight; slow-wave circuit; thermal ruggedness; Airborne radar; Bandwidth; Cathodes; Circuits; Copper; Frequency; Heat sinks; Heat transfer; Iron; Magnetic circuits; Power generation; Structural beams;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1995. NAECON 1995., Proceedings of the IEEE 1995 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2666-0
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1995.521932
