Multiple Beam Grid Tube Development
Several accelerator projects are under construction or planned that require RF sources in the UHF frequency range. Unfortunately, there are few high-power RF sources available. Klystrons and solid-state sources are large, expensive, and inefficient in this frequency range. Gridded tubes are compact, low cost, and highly efficient; however, single beam devices are limited in output power. This presentation describes research in progress to develop multiple beam, gridded tubes providing higher power<sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">1</sup>.
Authors
- David Marsden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-8377)
- George Collins
- Tom Cox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4070-6046)
- Michael Read (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-4469)
- R. Lawrence Ives (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-5024)
- Thuc Bui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9208-6873)
- Ricky Ho
- James M. Potter
Institutions
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
- Calabazas Creek Research (United States) (US)
- Communications & Power Industries (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ivec63678.2025.11115546
- Primary Topic
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy