The microwave power module: A versatile RF building block for high-power transmitters

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-737

  Smith, Carl R ^a   Armstrong, Carter M ^a   Duthie, Joseph ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron tubes; High power RF (or microwave) transmitters; Microwave power amplifiers; Microwave power module; Microwave tubes; Millimeter wave tubes; Traveling wave tubes; Vacuum electron device

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE TUBES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

MICROWAVE POWER MODULE (MPM);

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032624390     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.757252     Document Type: Article

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