The application of the traveling wave tubes (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 State devices, as derived from fundamental laws, is made and limitations discussed.


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    Title :

    Space power tubes - very much alive


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    CECON ''83 ; 1983 ; Cleveland
    IEEE 1982 Intern. Electron Devices Meeting ; 1982 ; San Franciso


    Publication date :

    1983-01-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English