Definitions for klystron
ˈklɪs trɒn, ˈklaɪ strɒn, -strənklystron

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1. klystronnoun

   an electron tube used to generate or amplify electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region by velocity modulation

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1. klystronnoun

   an electron tube used to amplify microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation.

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1. Klystron

   A klystron is a specialized linear-beam vacuum tube, invented in 1937 by American electrical engineers Russell and Sigurd Varian, which is used as an amplifier for high radio frequencies, from UHF up into the microwave range. Low-power klystrons are used as oscillators in terrestrial microwave relay communications links, while high-power klystrons are used as output tubes in UHF television transmitters, satellite communication, radar transmitters, and to generate the drive power for modern particle accelerators. In a klystron, an electron beam interacts with radio waves as it passes through resonant cavities, metal boxes along the length of a tube. The electron beam first passes through a cavity to which the input signal is applied. The energy of the electron beam amplifies the signal, and the amplified signal is taken from a cavity at the other end of the tube. The output signal can be coupled back into the input cavity to make an electronic oscillator to generate radio waves. The gain of klystrons can be high, 60 dB (an increase in signal power by a factor of one million) or more, with output power up to tens of megawatts, but the bandwidth is narrow, usually a few percent although it can be up to 10% in some devices.A reflex klystron is an obsolete type in which the electron beam was reflected back along its path by a high potential electrode, used as an oscillator. The name klystron comes from the Greek verb κλύζω (klyzo) referring to the action of waves breaking against a shore, and the suffix -τρον ("tron") meaning the place where the action happens. The name "klystron" was suggested by Hermann Fränkel, a professor in the classics department at Stanford University when the klystron was under development.

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1. klystron

   A klystron is a specialized vacuum tube that is used to amplify microwave signals. It uses the kinetic energy of a beam of electrons to amplify signals by transforming that energy into radio frequency power. Klystrons are commonly used in radar systems, satellite communications, television broadcasting, and particle accelerators.

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1. Klystron

   A klystron is a specialized linear-beam vacuum tube, invented in 1937 by American electrical engineers Russel and Sigurd Varian, which is used as an amplifier for high frequencies, from UHF radio frequencies up into the microwave range. Low-power klystrons are used as local oscillators in superheterodyne radar receivers, while high-power klystrons are used as output tubes in UHF television transmitters, microwave relay, satellite communication, and radar transmitters, and to generate the drive power for modern particle accelerators. Klystron amplifiers have the advantage of coherently amplifying a reference signal so its output may be precisely controlled in amplitude, frequency and phase. Many klystrons use waveguides for coupling microwave energy into and out of the device, although it is also quite common for lower power and lower frequency klystrons to use coaxial cable couplings instead. In some cases a coupling probe is used to couple the microwave energy from a klystron into a separate external waveguide. All modern klystrons are amplifiers, since reflex klystrons, which were used as oscillators in the past, have been surpassed by alternative technologies.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of klystron in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of klystron in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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