Title :
220 GHz folded waveguide circuits for high power amplifiers
Author :
Tucek, J. ; Basten, M. ; Gallagher, D. ; Kreischer, K. ; Mihailovich, R. ; Makarova, O. ; Tang, C.
Author_Institution :
Northrop Grumman Corp., Rolling Meadows, IL, USA
Abstract :
Folded waveguide interaction circuits for a vacuum electronic amplifier have been designed. Microfabrication efforts to produce the FWGs are underway and preliminary analysis of the properties of these slow wave circuits has been completed.
Keywords :
microfabrication; millimetre wave circuits; millimetre wave power amplifiers; slow wave structures; folded waveguide circuits; frequency 220 GHz; high power amplifiers; interaction circuits; microfabrication; slow wave circuits; vacuum electronic amplifier; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Etching; Fabrication; High power amplifiers; Metallization; Performance gain; Radio frequency; Resists; Thermal management; DRIE; Folded waveguides; LIGA; deep reactive ion etching; microfabrication;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3500-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3501-2
DOI :
10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193376
