SBIR/STTR Research Award
ION FOCUSED MICROWAVE AMPLIFIER
Award amount
$200,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Pulse Sciences
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NOVEL COMBINATION OF THE NEW TECHNIQUE OF ION FOCUSING AND CONVENTIONAL TRAVELING WAVE TUBE TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED. IF SUCCESSFUL, THIS COMBINATION WILL MAKE GIGAWATT AMPLIFIERS IN THE GIGAHERTZ RANGE FEASIBLE. IN PHASE I WE WILL STUDY A TRAVELING WAVE TUBE AMPLIFIER BUILT TO TEST THIS IDEA. LIMITATIONS DUE TO VELOCITY SPREAD AND ION MOTION WILL BE INVESTIGATED.
Technology keywords
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