Status of a high-frequency harmonic amplifier´s development

Author

Velazco, J.E. ; Ceperley, P.H.

Author_Institution

Microwave Technol. Inc., Fairfax, VA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

26-30 May 2002

Firstpage

97

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. The harmonic amplifier (HARA) is a very compact, high efficiency amplifier that has been under development at Microwave Technologies in the past few years. The HARA uses a two-cavity system in conjunction with a spiraling beam to produce high-frequency radiation. In this paper we will review C-band, Ka-band and W-band HARA experiments currently underway at Microwave Technologies. We will also present initial results for the C-band amplifier´s development, where a 7 kV, 100 mA pencil electron beam is used to drive a novel output cavity for the production of microwave output power. The HARA is very compact (/spl sim/3-inches long) and does not require a beam focusing system. This makes for a lightweight system which is well suited to applications where size, weight and efficiency are critical.

Keywords

microwave amplifiers; millimetre wave amplifiers; travelling wave amplifiers; 100 mA; 7 kV; C-band; Ka-band; W-band; compact high efficiency amplifier; high-frequency harmonic amplifier; lightweight system; microwave output power; output cavity; pencil electron beam; spiraling beam; two-cavity system; Electron beams; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave technology; Missiles; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Production;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2002. ICOPS 2002. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 29th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Banff, Alberta, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7407-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2002.1030243

Filename

1030243