High-Average Power Broadband 18-Beam Klystron Circuit and Collector Designs

Abstract

The circuit and collector designs for a high-average power S-band multiple-beam klystron are presented. The klystron will be powered by the recently completed 41.6 A, 42 kV, 18-beam electron gun. A compact circuit yielding 680-kW peak power and 13% 1-dB bandwidth has been designed. Design of a high-average power compatible collector for the klystron is also presented. Key issues such as collector power loading and particle reflections due to time-dependent virtual cathode formation set up by the spent (bunched) beam in the collector are addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA493200

Entities

People

  • Baruch Levush
  • David Abe
  • Dean E. Pershing
  • Edward L. Wright
  • John Petillo
  • Khanh T. Nguyen

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accumulators
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Guns
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Response
  • Geometry
  • Information Operations
  • Klystrons
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Three Dimensional
  • Vacuum Electronics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics