Fast, Space Qualified 3000 V Modulator for a Cloud Profiling Radar

Haque, Inam U.; Harvey, Wayne; Duong, Johnny; Packard, Roy; Ispirian, Julie

dc.contributor.author	Haque, Inam U.
dc.contributor.author	Harvey, Wayne
dc.contributor.author	Duong, Johnny
dc.contributor.author	Packard, Roy
dc.contributor.author	Ispirian, Julie
dc.date.accessioned	2006-06-28T15:00:59Z
dc.date.available	2006-06-28T15:00:59Z
dc.date.issued	2005-04-20
dc.identifier.citation	The sixth International Vacuum Electronics Conference: IVEC 2005, Noordwijk, the Netherlands, April 20-22, 2005	en
dc.identifier.clearanceno	05-0432
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39399
dc.description.abstract	Cloudsat’s Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) delivers a 2 kW of RF pulse using an extended Interaction Klystron (EIK). 'To drive such an EIK, it was necessary to develop a -16.3 kV High Voltage Power Supply (HVPS) and a Focus Electrode Modulator (FEM), floating at Cathode potential to turn the EIK's Beam on and off -45V to -3kV with respect to the Cathode. This paper describes the design approach for the FEM and its performance at EM and Flight Configuration. In author’s opinion it a simple but universal approach which allow designer to achieve greater flexibility and freedom in designing high swinging space qualifiable FEM.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en
dc.format.extent	200841 bytes
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005	en
dc.subject	Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR)	en
dc.subject	CloudSat	en
dc.subject	clouds	en
dc.subject	vertical profiling	en
dc.title	Fast, Space Qualified 3000 V Modulator for a Cloud Profiling Radar	en
dc.type	Preprint	en