Title :
A 10-element active lens amplifier on a dielectric slab
Author :
Perkons, A.R. ; Itoh, Takayuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an active lens amplifier on a dielectric slab. An amplifier gain of 11 dB at 8.25 GHz, measured from input to output connector, with a 3-dB bandwidth of 0.65 GHz has been demonstrated. Measurements of output power versus input power are also presented.
Keywords :
dielectric waveguides; lenses; microwave amplifiers; waveguide components; 0.65 GHz; 11 dB; 8.25 GHz; bandwidth; dielectric slab beam waveguide; gain; multi-element active lens amplifier; output power; quasi-optical device; Bandwidth; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Gain measurement; Lenses; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511226
