27-09-2009, 03:27 PM
Abstract
the history and diversity of this remarkable technology, with emphasis on advances in vacuum-electronic amplifiers, including the microwave power module (MPM), that have been enabled by the ongoing development of modeling and simulation tools. These physics-based codes, enabled by rapid advances in computational hardware, allow simulation-based design and optimization of complex vacuum-electronic circuits. The growth of satellite-based digital communications technology over the past decade has opened lucrative commercial opportunities for vacuum-electronic amplifiers. This exciting new area requires the efficient production of high-frequency power and the ability to handle spectrally efficient modulations within stringent packaging constraints at affordable cost
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Vacuum tubes are still used and not just for CRTs. Many audiophiles swear that tubes are the only electronics that can faithfully reproduce musical sounds,
the history and diversity of this remarkable technology, with emphasis on advances in vacuum-electronic amplifiers, including the microwave power module (MPM), that have been enabled by the ongoing development of modeling and simulation tools. These physics-based codes, enabled by rapid advances in computational hardware, allow simulation-based design and optimization of complex vacuum-electronic circuits. The growth of satellite-based digital communications technology over the past decade has opened lucrative commercial opportunities for vacuum-electronic amplifiers. This exciting new area requires the efficient production of high-frequency power and the ability to handle spectrally efficient modulations within stringent packaging constraints at affordable cost
see http://ieeexplore.ieeexpl/freeabs_all.js...ber=951550
Vacuum tubes are still used and not just for CRTs. Many audiophiles swear that tubes are the only electronics that can faithfully reproduce musical sounds,