Space tubes: A major challenge
Abstract
The application of the TWT - the backbone of all civilian and military space communication programs - to past, present and future satellites is discussed. Performance characteristics and the trends and challenges in the future are reviewed. Finally, a comparison with Solid States devices, as derived from fundamental laws, is made and limitations discussed.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8311447K
- Keywords:
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- Amplifiers;
- Communication Satellites;
- Space Communication;
- Traveling Wave Tubes;
- Cathodes;
- Cooling;
- Electric Potential;
- Linearity;
- Solid State Devices;
- Submillimeter Waves;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering