klystron
Noun
Meaning
an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation
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At the time the most powerful equivalent microwave producer available in the US (a klystron) had a power of only ten watts.
In addition to the magnetron (right), it contains a TR (transmit/receive) switch tube and the superheterodyne receiver front end, a 2K25 reflex klystron tube local oscillator and a 1N21 germanium diode mixer.
High-powered klystron amplifier tubes can provide hundreds of kilowatts in the UHF range.
The most important and widely used were the klystron (R. and S. Varian, 1937) and the cavity magnetron (J.
In this case the radar transmitter must be a power-amplifier, e.g., a klystron tube or a solid state transmitter.
Where precise frequencies are needed, other devices, such as the klystron are used.