A low-power, high-efficiency Ka-band TWTA

• Published in: International Electron Devices Meeting 1991 [Technical Digest] pp. 581 - 584
• Main Authors: Curren, A.N., Dayton, J.A., Palmer, R.W., Force, D.A., Tamashiro, R.N., Wilson, J.F., Dombro, L., Harvey, W.L.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1991
• Subjects: Copper; Earth; Meeting planning; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Saturn; Space technology; Space vehicles

The authors describe a NASA-sponsored program whose objective is to develop a high-efficiency, low-power TWTA (traveling wave tube amplifier) operating at 32 GHz and meeting the requirements for the Cassini Mission to study Saturn, planned for launch in 1995. The required RF output power of the heli...