TWTA versus SSPA: A comparison of on-orbit reliability data

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 650-652

  Weekley, Jan M ^a   Mangus, Bill J ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

On orbit reliability; SSPAs; Traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SOLID STATE DEVICES; TRANSISTORS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

ON-ORBIT RELIABILITY; SOLID STATE POWER AMPLIFIERS (SSPAS); TRAVELING WAVE TUBE AMPLIFIERS (TWTAS);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 18844434946     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845864     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. R. Strauss, "Orbital performance of communication satellite microwave power amplifiers (MPAs)," Int. J. Satellite Commun., vol. 11, pp. 279-285, 1993.
2. R. Strauss, "Reliability of SSPAs and TWTAs," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, vol. 41, no. 4. pp. 625-633, Apr. 1994.