A 30-kW High-Power X-band to Ku-band Klystron Frequency Multiplier

Author

Junjie Fan ; Yuwen Zhang ; Yong Wang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of High-Power Microwave Sources & Technol., Inst. of Electron., Beijing, China

Volume

60

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

Apr-13

Firstpage

1457

Lastpage

1462

Abstract

This paper reports the development of an X-band to Ku-band klystron frequency multiplier that can double input frequency and amplify input power simultaneously. A seven-cavity klystron was designed, in which the X-band output section was replaced by a smaller Ku-band one. The electron optics of this new klystron was almost the same with that of an X-band klystron. The experimental results showed that the peak output power of 30 kW can be reached at pulse voltage of 33 kV, with an efficiency value of 15% at 35 kV.

Keywords

electron optics; frequency multipliers; klystrons; microwave integrated circuits; Ku-band klystron frequency multiplier; X-band klystron frequency multiplier; electron optics; high-power klystron frequency multiplier; power 30 kW; seven-cavity klystron; voltage 33 kV; voltage 35 kV; Cavity resonators; Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Klystrons; Power generation; Radio frequency; Frequency multiplier; harmonic analysis; klystrons; microwave amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2013.2238677

Filename

6472054