Sixty-percent-efficient miniature C-Band vacuum power booster for the microwave power module

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 912-921

  Whaley, D R ^a   Armstrong, C M ^a   Gannon, B ^a   Groshart, G ^a   Hurt, E ^a   Hutchins, J ^a   Roscoe, M ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^b   Levush, Baruch ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave power module; Traveling wave tube; Vacuum electron device

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRON GUNS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT LOSSES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

VACUUM POWER BOOSTERS;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 0032096053     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.700870     Document Type: Article

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