Towards a Fully Passive Ku-Band Power Limiter using RF-MEMS Technologies and Vacuum Microelectronics

Author

Phommahaxay, Alain ; Lissorgues, Gaelle ; Vasseure, Claudine ; Rousseau, Lionel ; Bourouina, Tarik ; Nicole, Pierre

Author_Institution

ESYCOM, ESIEE Paris, Noisy-le-Grand

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1288

Lastpage

1291

Abstract

The first steps leading to the development of an RF power limiter are presented in this paper. As vacuum components are supposedly able to handle very high frequency signals at high power levels, the proposed device is based on the use of cold cathode field emitters distributed along a coplanar line. Two and three-dimensional electromagnetic simulations will be compared to early characterization results at microwave frequencies and at medium power. First experiments at higher power will also be discussed

Keywords

coplanar transmission lines; field emitter arrays; micromechanical devices; microwave limiters; Ku-band; cold cathode field emitters; coplanar transmission lines; microwave limiters; power limiter; vacuum microelectronics; Cathodes; Electromagnetic heating; Electron emission; Electron tubes; Microelectronics; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems; Semiconductor diodes; Vacuum systems; Vacuum technology; coplanar transmission lines; electron emission; electron tubes; micromachining; microwave limiters; microwave power transmission; vacuum microelectronics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281232

Filename

4058066