Title :
The Design and Operation of Trapatt Diodes for Systems Requirements in the 1-5GHz Frequency Band
Author :
Summers, J.G. ; Newton, B.H. ; Pierrepont, M. ; Corbey, C.D. ; Ayling, M.A. ; Stace, M.
Author_Institution :
Mullard Research Laboratories, Redhill, Surrey, England.
Abstract :
Trapatt devices and circuits have been designed for use as solid state transmitters for pulse radars in the l-5GHz range. This has been achieved as a result of a device and circuit investigation in which pulse powers of up to 120 watts with 44% efficiency and mean powers greater than 1 watt have been obtained reproducibly from single diodes at 2.3GHz. An essential part of the work has been to relate real systems requirements to device design and also to device-circuit interactions. As a result of this understanding and the compatibility of the devices with M.I.C. techniques it has been possible to design compact reliable oscillators for the l-5GHz frequency range.
Keywords :
Capacitance; Frequency; Injection-locked oscillators; Light emitting diodes; P-n junctions; Plasma applications; Pulse circuits; Reproducibility of results; Silicon; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1976. 6th European
Conference_Location :
Rome, Italy
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1976.332295
