• DocumentCode
    3553631
  • Title

    A 200 kW pulsed TWT at S-band

  • Author

    Desmur, H. ; Fleury, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Thomson - CSF, Paris, France
  • Volume
    18
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    1972
  • Firstpage
    186
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    Design and performance characteristics are presented for a high-power bar-line-type traveling wave tube: TOP 1304. Peak power up to 220 kW and average power of 2.5 kW have been measured on a 15% bandwidth. The tube utilizes a sturdy copper delay line derived from French TPOMI (M-type traveling wave tubes) bar lines, the TWT is operated in the fundamental space harmonic. Although the beam is solenoid focused, a PPM system with conventional magnetic material could be integrated with the tube because of the small outside diameter of the delay line.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Cathodes; Copper; Delay lines; Magnetic materials; Power measurement; Pulse modulation; Solenoids; Space exploration; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1972 International
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1972.249215
  • Filename
    1477224