Accurate Calculation of TWT Intermodulation in the Many-Carrier Case

The formulas derived by Stette [1] permit the calculation of TWT output carrier power and intermod power when the input to the TWT consists of an infinite number of infinitesimal carriers. The formulas for these quantities involve an integration of the TWT singlecarrier characteristic over a semi-infinite range, and for most of the TWT's one considers, a simple approximation of the integration by a summation gives satisfactory answers. However, when one considers special TWT's, e.g., linearized TWT's or the piecewise linear limiter [2], simple approximations are often not good enough. To get accurate results, a multipoint Gaussian quadrature must be used.