タイトル | Design, fabrication, and performance of brazed, graphite electrode, multistage depressed collectors with 500-W, continuous wave, 4.8- to 9.6-GHz traveling-wave tubes |
本文(外部サイト) | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19890011800 |
著者(英) | Ebihara, Ben; Ramins, Peter |
著者所属(英) | NASA Lewis Research Center |
発行日 | 1989-03-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | A small, isotropic graphite electrode, multistage depressed collector (MDC) was designed, fabricated, and evaluated in conjunction with a 500-W, continuous wave (CW), 4.8- to 9.6-GHz traveling-wave tube (TWT). The carbon electrode surfaces were used to improve the TWT overall efficiency by minimizing the secondary electron emission losses in the MDC. The design and fabrication of the brazed graphite MDC assembly are described. The brazing technique, which used copper braze filler metal, is compatible with both vacuum and the more commonly available hydrogen atmosphere brazing furnaces. The TWT and graphite electrode MCC bakeout, processing, and outgassing characteristics were evaluated and found to be comparable to TWT's equipped with copper electrode MDC's. The TWT and MDC performance was optimized for broadband CW operation at saturation. The average radiofrequency (RF), overall, and MDC efficiencies were 14.9, 46.4, and 83.6 percent, respectively, across the octave operating band. A 1500-hr CW test, conducted without the use of an appendage ion pump, showed no gas buildup and excellent stability of the electrode surfaces. |
NASA分類 | ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING |
レポートNO | 89N21171 NAS 1.60:2904 NASA-TP-2904 E-4361 |
権利 | No Copyright |
URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/142596 |
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