C-BAND PHASED ARRAY CROSSED-FIELD AMPLIFIER DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The program effort has two main objectives. The first objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of an RF turn-on, RF turn-off, reentrant stream crossed-field amplifier. The reliability of RF turn on has previously been demonstrated and during this reporting period the feasibility of reliable RF turn off has also been demonstrated at peak power levels up to 700 kw with a net gain of 10 db. The second objective of the program is to increase the power output capability by a factor of two. During this reporting period a circular cold test version of the anode slow wave circuit has been constructed and evaluated. The transition matches are being evaluated for their high power applications and construction of the first hot test vehicle has begun.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0830464

Entities

People

  • Andrew Wilczek

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • C Band
  • Circuits
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Electrodes
  • Frequency Bands
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Modulation
  • Peak Power
  • Phased Arrays
  • Photographs
  • Power Levels
  • Slow Wave Circuits
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electronics Engineering