Patent ID: 6555964
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
An arrangement for driving a traveling-wave tube, comprising:a power-supply device for use with the traveling-wave tube; a first housing for accommodating the power-supply device; an amplifier for providing microwave signals and including: a plurality of electrical connections with the power-supply device, and a plurality of microwave subassemblies, wherein said subassemblies include a pre-amplifier, a linearizer stage and an output amplifier; a second housing for accommodating the amplifier; a mechanical/thermal interface through which the first housing and the second housing are firmly joined to form a unit and through which the plurality of electrical connections run; at least one shared electrical interface for respectively providing external control signals and supply signals between the power-supply device and the amplifier; and a control-signal and supply-voltage conditioning unit for the amplifier, the control-signal and supply-voltage conditioning unit being arranged separately from the plurality of microwave subassemblies in the second housing.