Vacuum electronics: Status and trends

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 971-976

  Levush, Baruch ^a   Abe, David K ^a   Calame, Jeffrey P ^a   Danly, Bruce G ^a   Nguyen, Khanh T ^b   Dutkowski, E Joseph ^c   Abrams Jr , Richard H ^d   Parker, Robert K ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEAM WAVE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KLYSTRONS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADAR TRANSMITTERS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

MICROWAVE POWER MODULES; MULTIPLE-BEAM KLYSTRONS (MBK); VACUUM ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34548826789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2007.374397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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