Design of a linear C-band helix TWT for digital communications experiments using the Christine suite of large-signal codes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3 I, 2002, Pages 1053-1062

  Abe, David K ^a   Levush, Baruch ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^b,c   Whaley, David R ^d   Danly, Bruce G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital modulation; Helix traveling wave tube; High data rate communications; Large signal code; Optimization; Traveling wave tube (TWT)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; CODES (STANDARDS); DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DIGITAL MODULATION;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 0036627432     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.801635     Document Type: Article

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