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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivo Tammaru, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
James W Hansen, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330 43 ; 315-35 ; 315-36 ;
Abstract
Apparatus compensating for gain variations versus frequency of a traveling wave tube (TWT) is disclosed. The apparatus provides an RF interaction circuit section designed with specified mismatches causing internal reflections of the RF waves, such that the overall gain response is flattened out or inverted.