A Ku-band up converter/SSPA

Author

Miller, J.D.

Author_Institution

TRL Microwave Technol. Inc., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

33588

Firstpage

42552

Lastpage

42554

Abstract

A Ku-band prototype up converter operating over the 14.0-14.5 GHz band was developed for a commercial satellite communications terminal demonstration. An output power of +33 dBm was achieved over 100 MHz IF bandwidth with IF power level of -10 dBm and LO level of +7 dBm at 12.8 GHz. There is a growing North American market for both fixed and mobile Ku-band transceiver systems. To address this market the RF assemblies, which represent the major cost component of the system, must address the following parameters; low cost, compact size, high MTBF over wide operating temperature ranges (the low cost requirement often precludes redundancy), and power added efficiency. To enhance yield and minimise alignment time the system was designed in modular form

Keywords

frequency convertors; microwave amplifiers; power amplifiers; satellite links; solid-state microwave circuits; 100 MHz; 12.8 GHz; 14 to 14.5 GHz; IF bandwidth; IF power level; Ku-band up convertor; LO level; North American market; RF assemblies; SSPA; commercial satellite communications terminal demonstration; compact size; high MTBF; low cost; mobile Ku-band transceiver systems; modular form; output power; power added efficiency; prototype; solid-state power amplifier; wide operating temperature ranges; yield;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Power Amplifiers, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

Filename

182345