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The satellite traveling-wave tubeThe traveling-wave tube amplifier described provides a minimum output power of 3.5 watts at 4.0 to 4.2 gc. Design aspects that lead to lifetimes in excess of 10 years and to tube efficiencies between 35 to 40 per cent are discussed. The tube is focused by an improved version of the single-reversal magnetic circuit. Performance data pertinent to this particular satellite operation are shown. Highlights from the final production run and the subsequent life test serve to illustrate the care with which this TWT has been built.
Document ID
19640001174
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contribution to a larger work
Authors
M. G. Bodmer
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
J. P. Laico
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
E. G. Olsen
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
A. T. Ross
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Date Acquired
August 2, 2013
Publication Date
March 5, 1963
Publication Information
Publication: The Bell System Technical Journal
Publisher: Nokia Bell Labs
Volume: 42
Issue: 4
Issue Publication Date: July 1, 1963
ISSN: 0005-8580
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6779748
Subject Category
Electronic Equipment
Accession Number
64N11083
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
TELSTAR SATELLITE
TRAVELING WAVE TUBE
AMPLIFIER
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