Vacuum electronics: Status and trends

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 28-34

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

COST OF OWNERSHIP; MICROWAVE POWER MODULES (MPM); MULTIPLE-BEAM KLYSTRONS (MBK); VACUUM ELECTRONIC AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BROADBAND NETWORKS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

RADAR TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 35348969000     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAES.2007.4350256     Document Type: Article

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