Description and expected performance of flight-model, 12-gigahertz, output stage tube for the communications technology satellite
Abstract
The flight model output stage tube for the Communications Technology Satellite is described. The output stage tube is a 12-GHz, 200-W, coupled cavity traveling wave tube. The tube has a multistage depressed collector for efficiency enhancement. Collector cooling is accomplished by direct radiation to space. Expected rf performance and factors affecting on orbit performance and life are discussed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976STIN...7711295C
- Keywords:
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- Communications Technology Satellite;
- Performance Prediction;
- Traveling Wave Tubes;
- Satellite Transmission;
- Service Life;
- Space Communication;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering