Design and operation of an S-band traveling-wave diode parametric amplifier

Author

Shafer, Clinton G.

Author_Institution

Research Division, Raytheon Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1960

fDate

22129

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

54

Abstract

This paper presents the theoretical and experimental aspects of the design and operation of an S-band traveling-wave diode parametric amplifier. Design principles were obtained by employing a coupled-mode approach, which is similar to that used in traveling-wave tube design. This theoretical approach is illustrated by deriving the gain formula for the amplifier. Other results of this theoretical investigation are briefly discussed and listed in Table I. In the light of these design requirements an amplifier was designed which possesses the following performance characteristics: Frequency range (megacycles): 3240 - 3400 Forward gain/diode (decibels): $\\sim1.0$ Pump power (milliwatts for four diodes): 400 Pump frequency (megacycles): 6600 Reverse loss/diode (decibels): $\\sim0. 25$ The problems involved in the design of the amplifier are discussed in the second section of the paper.

Keywords

Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Capacitance; Diodes; Frequency; Microwave devices; Noise figure; Operational amplifiers; Performance loss; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCON/60 Conference Record

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCON.1960.1150477

Filename

1150477