The input gap voltage of a klystron
Abstract
Following the discovery that several large-signal klystron programs did not agree on the value of the RF voltage at the input gap of a klystron, the question was examined afresh. Available textbooks were found to make restrictive assumptions about matching and/or tuning of the input cavity, assumptions which are no longer acceptable. A formula was derived, in terms of cold test parameters and drive power, that correctly apportions the power between dissipation, reflection, and loading, thereby determining the RF gap voltage.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Pub Date:
- November 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1109/T-ED.1985.22305
- Bibcode:
- 1985ITED...32.2510V
- Keywords:
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- Electric Potential;
- Klystrons;
- Cavities;
- Electrical Resistance;
- Gaps;
- Reflectance;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering