• DocumentCode
    1983703
  • Title

    A 180 KW L-Band Distributed Solid-State Transmitter

  • Author

    Bird, Stephen R.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Electric Corporation, P.O. Box 1897, Baltimore, Maryland 21203
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    13-17 Sept. 1982
  • Firstpage
    166
  • Lastpage
    171
  • Abstract
    A 180 kW L-band distributed solid-state transmitter has been designed which uses 122 output modules distributed on the back of a phased array antenna. The l500-watt modules utilize a new 600-watt short-pulse, high-peak power transistor. The overall transmitter design and resultant characteristics are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Driver circuits; L-band; Phased arrays; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Solid state circuits; Transmitters; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1982. 12th European
  • Conference_Location
    Helsinki, Finland
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1982.333159
  • Filename
    4131760