• DocumentCode
    2633280
  • Title

    Spaceflight-Qualified Tunable C-Band Parametric Amplifier System

  • Author

    Hendricks, Ross K.

  • Author_Institution
    AIL, Cutler-Hammer, Melville, NY, USA
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    22-24 May 1972
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    An integrated spaceflight-qualified tunable C-band parametric amplifier system has been developed. The amplifier system is a single small package and is designed for minimum power drain. It consists of temperature compensated bias circuits, a waveguide pump network, waveguide mounted varactors, and a microstrip 5-port circulator in a 5-in3 aluminum housing weighing less than 0.5 lb. The measured performance of the system includes: 140 MHz minimum instantaneous 3-dB bandwidth, 17 dB minimum peak gain, >; 500 MHz tunable bandwidth, and 154 K maximum passband noise temperature.
  • Keywords
    microwave amplifiers; parametric amplifiers; varactors; C band parametric amplifier system; passband noise temperature; spaceflight qualified tunable c band; waveguide mounted varactors; waveguide pump network; Aluminum; Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Microstrip; Noise measurement; Packaging; Power amplifiers; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Varactors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium, 1972 IEEE GMTT International
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington Heights, IL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GMTT.1972.1122975
  • Filename
    1122975
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2633280