Space qualified low-/high-power radar TWTs

Author

Gerum, Werner ; Brück, Manfred ; Fischer, Gerd ; Henry, Dominique ; Rothacker, Hans-Peter

Author_Institution

Thales Electron Devices GmbH, Ulm, Germany

Volume

52

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

669

Lastpage

672

Abstract

This paper is a report about recent development activities in the area of space-qualified pulsed traveling wave tubes (TWTs). For an economical development in such a low-volume market, the application of a modular design concept is necessary. As an example for such a concept, two projects will be described, a high-power X-band TWT with 6-kW peak output power and a low-power Ku-band TWT with 135-W peak output power.

Keywords

radar equipment; spaceborne radar; travelling wave tubes; 135 W; 6 kW; high-power X-band TWT; low-power Ku-band TWT; pulsed satellite traveling wave tube; radar TWT; radar traveling wave tube; space-qualified pulsed traveling wave tubes; Delay lines; Electron devices; Electron tubes; Environmental economics; Power generation; Power generation economics; Radio frequency; Satellites; Space exploration; Spaceborne radar; Ku-band traveling wave tube (TWT); X-band traveling wave tube (TWT); pulsed satellite traveling wave tube (TWT); radar traveling wave tube (TWT); traveling wave tube (TWT);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2005.845797

Filename

1424345