Power Tubes
A wide variety of power tubes and their associated circuitry components all designed for specialty use
Research and Special Purpose Power Tubes
Features
Designed to be durable for particle accelerators, long-range search radars and other RF and pulsed RF applications.
- Durable construction
- High emission, long life with economic operation
- RF or Pulsed RF amplification
- Wide variety of applications
- Some double ended for better output
Description
Photonis Defense continues to manufacture a wide range of special purpose power tubes
for research applications. Our tetrodes, triodes and cavities are integral parts of
linear accelerator power sources in laboratories throughout the world. We manufacture
our power tubes of research and special applications to custom specifications to
ensure your research is accurate and reliable.
We offer pulsed RF amplifiers that include a wide selection of tubes, matching cavities
and integral cavity modular amplifiers for pulsed RF service at frequencies up to 1400
MHz. These tubes feature anode, grid and drive pulsed ratings, pulse lengths to 2200 µsec,
duty cycles to 25% and peak power to 8 megawatts. Phase stability and broadband
capability makes these tubes ideal for applications ranging from linear-accelerator
drives to fire-control radar. Our Series Regulators & Hard Tube Modulators feature
sturdy, fault-resistant cathodes and clean, high voltage designs which make these
types ideal for modulation and control of pulsed RF amplifiers, klystrons, TWTs and
more in modern shaped-pulse and pulse width-controlled systems.Our tubes can support
pulse currents up to 90 amperes along with hold-off voltages up to 200kV.
Photonis Defense also offers distributed amplifiers that are high gain, ceramic/metal
tetrodes with dual input configuration. These tubes are specifically designed for
distributed amplifier services up to 500 MHz. High gain, ceramic/metal tetrodes with
matching cavities are available for use as pulsed RF sources in accelerator services.
Request Documentation
Detailed datasheets, brochures and other reference materials are available upon request.
REQUEST FOR INFORMATIONPower Tube Cavities
For many years, Photonis Defense has been developing specialized circuitry
for power tubes, generally termed “cavities,” as a result of customer demand.
These cavities are complete RF circuits that are necessary to tune and operate a matching power tube.
Each cavity is designed to match a specific tube in order to produce a final high-power amplifier
stage for a specific frequency band and service. Each cavity is an essential part of the
installation and maintenance operations needed for a Photonis Defense Power Tube.
We highly recommend pairing one of our cavities with a recommended matching power tube and can
work with you to determine which power tube cavity your application requires.
Specifications
| Type Number | Power Peak (kW) | Volts | Amps | G2 Volts | Gain (dB) | Pulsed Length(µsec) | Duty Factory (%) |
| 4616 | 250 (pulse) | 30 | 27.0 | 1800 | 20 | 500 | 5 |
| 7835 | 5000(pulse) | 32 | 260 | - | 12 | 500 | 1.5 |
| 4617 | 5000(pulse) | 30 | 300 | - | 13 | 25 | 1 |
| 94402E | 175 (pulse) | 20 | 25 | 2000 | 20 | 125 | 1 |
