Citation
Abstract
The proposed Viking dual-carrier telemetry modes have generated an interest in determining the relative power levels of dual carrier intermodulation products (IMPs) for a Klystron amplifier. To this end, a finite-order power series model for the time domain input-output response of the Klystron was investigated. The parameters needed to define the model for a particular Klystron were derived from experimental measurements of the nonlinear power transfer characteristic of the amplifier for single carrier transmission. The power series approach, as described in this report, does not appear to be a useful analytic tool for predicting dual-carrier IMP levels. With the exception of the first-order IMP, the model is evidently too sensitive to small changes in the experimental single carrier data to provide accurate IMP information. y(t) = i Mz
Details
- Volume
- XV
- Published
- June 15, 1973
- Pages
- 70–79
- File Size
- 753.3 KB