A 100 Watt W-Band MPM TWT

Author

Kowalczyk, Ryszard ; Zubyk, Andrew ; Meadows, Clark ; Martin, Miquel ; Kirshner, Mark ; True, R. ; Theiss, A. ; Rominger, John ; Armstrong, Carter

Author_Institution

Electron Devices Div., L-3 Commun., San Carlos, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

L-3 EDD has developed a W-Band TWT with 100 W RF power over 4 GHz of bandwidth around 94 GHz suitable for MPM integration. The TWT employs an aperture grid modulated electron gun with mod-anode current control, a serpentine waveguide interaction circuit, and a single-stage depressed collector. Two TWTs have been built and tested to over 100 W pulsed output power. The first unit has been operated at high duty, producing 65 W CW output power and 75 W average pulsed power with reduced beam current. The TWT is designed for ease of manufacture, and is suitable for MPM integration, relying on conduction cooling and capable of operation to an altitude of 50k feet.

Keywords

electric current control; electron guns; travelling wave tubes; waveguides; L-3 EDD; MPM integration; RF power; W-band MPM TWT; aperture grid modulated electron gun; conduction cooling; mod-anode current control; power 100 W; power 65 W; power 75 W; serpentine waveguide interaction circuit; single-stage depressed collector; Bandwidth; Cooling; Electron beams; Integrated circuit modeling; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio frequency; MPMs; millimeter wave devices; power amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2013 IEEE 14th International

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5976-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2013.6571123

Filename

6571123