Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Very high efficiency flexible travelling wave amplifier
- Patent Title (中): 非常高效灵活的行波放大器
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Application No.: US13278039Application Date: 2011-10-20
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Publication No.: US08742840B2Publication Date: 2014-06-03
- Inventor: Etienne Cuignet , Philippe Fayt , Emile Tonello
- Applicant: Etienne Cuignet , Philippe Fayt , Emile Tonello
- Applicant Address: FR Neuilly sur Seine
- Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee: Thales
- Current Assignee Address: FR Neuilly sur Seine
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: EP10290571 20101022
- Main IPC: H03F7/00
- IPC: H03F7/00 ; H03F7/06

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120268201A1 Very High Efficiency Flexible Travelling Wave Amplifier Public/Granted day:2012-10-25
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