Computer aided design of Ka-band waveguide power combining architectures for interplanetary spacecraft

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn 1 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 635-638

  Vaden, Karl R ^a   Simons, Rainee N ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID JUNCTIONS; KA-BAND WAVEGUIDE; POWER COMBINING ARCHITECTURES; TRAVELING-WAVE TUBE AMPLIFIERS (TWTAS);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 33846883068     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2005.1551400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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