Electrostatically Focused Multibeam Klystron

Abstract

We report on our work to build and test an electrostatically focused 7-beam klystron oscillator with output power of 2 KW at frequency 5.8 GHz. A photo of it is shown in Figure 1. This tube was developed to drive the plasma production of a gridded ion thruster. The microwave thruster was being developed because of the long life offered by microwave electron cyclotron resonance plasma sources.*

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADP022568

Entities

People

  • Bernard Vancil
  • C. Kory
  • Edwin G. Wintucky
  • K. Hawken
  • Ryan Mueller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Diameters
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Guns
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Ion Thrusters
  • Klystrons
  • Long Life
  • Medium Power
  • Microwaves
  • Power
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Thrusters
  • Transmittance
  • Vacuum Electronics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster