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US 2012/0268201 A1Published application
Very High Efficiency Flexible Travelling Wave Amplifier
AssigneeThales
InventorsEtienne CUIGNET, Philippe FAYT, Emile TONELLO
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Abstract
A travelling wave tube amplifier includes: a travelling wave tube comprising a cathode, a helix, an RF input, an RF output, and a plurality of collectors, and an electronic power conditioner providing power supply and electrode polarization to said travelling wave tube, wherein said electronic power conditioner comprises flexibility control means allowing to adjust, via control commands sent through a databus, the helix to cathode voltage and the collector voltages.
Claims10
A travelling wave tube amplifier, comprising:
- a travelling wave tube comprising a cathode, a helix, an RF input, an RF output, and a plurality of collectors,
- an electronic power conditioner providing power supply and electrode polarization to said travelling wave tube, said electronic power conditioner including flexibility control means adjusting, via control commands, the helix to cathode voltage so as to allow adjusting the travelling wave tube operating frequency range.
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