Specialized - Traveling Wave ·TravelingWave
Water-cooled high-power X-band traveling-wave amplifier for demanding microwave service, providing approximately 1 kW RF output.
The Thomson-CSF TOP117 is a water-cooled high-power x-band traveling-wave amplifier with about 1 kw output.
General specifications
Properties common to every published source and operating point.
Electrical assignments shared by every tube using this base designation.
No verified pinout is recorded for this base designation.
1 physical section, each with unique specifications.
Section 1
Traveling-wave electron-beam device; helix, anode, collector and beam values are preserved in parameters.
Source-dependent data
Each block preserves the test conditions and published values from one reference. Values from different sources are intentionally kept separate.
Data set 01
Published operating points and test conditions from this source.
Frequency range
8 to 12 GHz
Heater voltage
7 V
Heater current
4 A
Rated/minimum output power
1000 W
Gain at rated/saturated output
35 dB
Helix voltage
10.4 to 11.3 kV
Helix current
10 to 20 mA
Anode voltage
7 to 8.5 kV
Anode current
0.1 to 3 mA
Collector voltage
10.4 to 11.4 kV
Cathode current
760 to 850 mA
Collector dissipation
9000 W