100 W operation of a cold cathode TWT

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 896-905

  Whaley, David R ^a   Duggal, Ramon ^a   Armstrong, Carter M ^a   Bellew, Colby L ^b   Holland, Christopher E ^b   Spindt, Charles A ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold cathode; Field emitter array; Microwave amplifier; Traveling wave tube (TWT); Vacuum electron device

Indexed keywords

BAND FREQUENCIES; BEAM CONTROL; BEAM CURRENTS; BEAM TRANSMISSION; CATHODE CURRENT DENSITY; CATHODE PERFORMANCE; COLD CATHODE; COLD CATHODE ELECTRON SOURCE; COLD CATHODES; DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD EMITTER ARRAY; FIELD EMITTER ARRAYS; HIGH-CURRENT; LIFE-TESTING; LOW-VOLTAGE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING VOLTAGE; OUTPUT POWER; RF POWER; SRI INTERNATIONAL; TESTING PROGRAMS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBE (TWT); VACUUM DEVICES; VACUUM ELECTRON DEVICE; VACUUM ELECTRONICS;

COLD CATHODE TUBES; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; ELECTRON DEVICES; ELECTRON SOURCES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; ELECTRONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FIELD EMISSION; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE TUBES; MICROWAVES; TESTING; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES;

EID: 67349175228     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2009.2015614     Document Type: Article

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