A High Power Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifier

John A Nation; Donald Shiffler

doi:10.1117/12.965083

9 May 1988 A High Power Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifier

John A Nation, Donald Shiffler

Proceedings Volume 0873, Microwave and Particle Beam Sources and Propagation; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965083
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Preliminary results are reported on the design and performance of a high power travelling wave tube amplifier. The amplifier is designed to work in the TMoi mode of a cylindrical waveguide and to operate in X band. The signal from a 250 kW magnetron is used as the input source for the amplifier. Details are presented of the amplifier design, the input coupler, and of the performance of the system when an 800 kV, 1.4 kA, POO nsec. duration pencil electron beam is used as the primary power source. Initial results indicate that the amplifier has a gain of 29dB at a frequency of 9.09 GHz, and an output power in excess of 100 MW.

Citation Download Citation

John A Nation and Donald Shiffler "A High Power Travelling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifier", Proc. SPIE 0873, Microwave and Particle Beam Sources and Propagation, (9 May 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965083

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available