Parametric amplification and frequency up-conversion of high power RF pulses in nonlinear transmission lines

Author

Kozyrev, Alexander B. ; Van der Weide, Daniel W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

19-23 June 2011

Firstpage

156

Lastpage

161

Abstract

This publication proposes a new concept for high power RF/microwave pulse generation, up-conversion and amplification using nonlinear transmission lines with ferrites (or nonlinear dielectrics) that promote interaction of a high power RF wave with a co-propagating electromagnetic shock wave. This approach enables a multi-stage system in which frequency up-conversion and amplification occurs on each stage, allowing the accumulation of the energy in RF pulse from stage to stage.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; ferrites; frequency convertors; high-frequency transmission lines; pulse generators; copropagating electromagnetic shock wave; frequency up-conversion; high power RF pulses; high power RF wave; nonlinear transmission lines; parametric amplification; power RF-microwave pulse generation; Capacitance; Doppler effect; Ferrites; Harmonic analysis; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Shock waves; ferrite; frequency up-conversion; high power microwaves; nonlinear transmission lines; parametric amplification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

2158-4915

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0629-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2011.6191406

Filename

6191406