Microfabricated mm-wave TWT platform for wireless backhaul

Author

Dayton, James A. ; Kory, Carol L. ; Mearini, Gerald T.

Author_Institution

Teraphysics Corp., Cleveland, OH, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

27-29 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Teraphysics Corporation is developing a suite of miniature mm-wave TWTs for application to wireless backhaul. These devices are based on the 94 GHz TWT that was presented at IVEC 2014. This TWT, which weighs only .5 kg and has the footprint of a credit card, will serve as a platform for the miniature devices needed to fit into the limited space available on typical backhaul sites, such as telephone poles or street lights. The first application will be in E-Band. However, the sweet spot for the Teraphysics miniature helical amplifiers will be in the atmospheric windows centered at 140 and 240 GHz.

Keywords

millimetre wave amplifiers; travelling wave tubes; E-band; IVEC 2014; Teraphysics Corporation; atmospheric windows; frequency 140 GHz; frequency 240 GHz; frequency 94 GHz; microfabricated mm-wave TWT platform; miniature mm-wave TWT; street lights; telephone poles; teraphysics miniature helical amplifiers; wireless backhaul; Current measurement; Diamonds; Optical fibers; TWT; folded waveguide; helix; microfabrication; mm-wave; wireless backhaul;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC), 2015 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7109-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVEC.2015.7223799

Filename

7223799