Microwave Tube Transmitters

Microwave tube transmitters have many applications in radar, communications and electronic countermeasures. The transmitter sub-system is built from a microwave tube and a High Voltage Power Supply (HVPS) with a modulator. In some cases additional RF circuitry for driving and protecting the tube is included. This is the first book to provide, under one cover, a comprehensive and detailed description of both microwave tubes and HVPS/modulators and how to successfully integrate them for applications in radar, communications and electronic countermeasures. This practically-oriented book is intended to fulfil the needs of engineers who procure, specify, design, develop, test, manufacture, operate or service tubes, HVPS/modulators and complete tube transmitter systems.

This book fulfills the needs of engineers and technicians who specify, procure, design, develop, test, manufacture, operate and service tubes, power supply/modulators and complete transmitters for radar, ECM and communications and broadcast systems. The material in the book is also applicable to microwave transmitters for scientific applications.