traveling-wave tube
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major reference
- In electron tube: Traveling-wave tubes
These are generally used to amplify microwave signals over broad bandwidths. The main elements of a traveling-wave tube (TWT) are (1) an electron gun, (2) a focusing structure that keeps the electrons in a linear path, (3) an RF circuit that causes RF…
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radar components
- In radar: Transmitters
The traveling-wave tube (TWT) is related to the klystron. It has very wide bandwidths at low peak power, but, as the peak power levels are increased to those needed for pulse radar, its bandwidth decreases. As peak power increases, the bandwidths of the TWT and the…
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satellite communication
- In satellite communication: Development of satellite communication
…was the development of the traveling wave tube amplifier, which enabled a satellite to receive, amplify, and transmit radio signals. (See also Britannica Classic: satellite communication, written by Pierce for the 15th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.) Rosen developed spin-stabilization technology that provided stability to satellites orbiting in space.
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Telstar satellites
- In Telstar
Its heart was a traveling-wave tube capable on its own of amplifying signals 10,000 times, and far more with the aid of other components. Following Telstar’s launch on July 10, 1962, a giant movable horn antenna near Andover, Maine, locked onto the satellite when its shifting orbit (apogee 5,600…
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