Advances in modeling and simulation of vacuum electronic devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 804-839

  Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^a   Mondelli, Alfred A ^b   Levush, Baruch ^c   Verboncoeur, John P ^d   Birdsall, C K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

MICROWAVE SOURCES; VACUUM ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032669110     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.757256     Document Type: Article

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