Title :
Power modulator for broadband agile mirror radar utilizing semiconductor switching
Author :
Myers, M.C. ; Fernsler, R.F. ; Gregor, J.A. ; Mathew, J. ; Meger, R.A. ; Murphy, D.P. ; Pechacek, R.E.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Power modulators have been designed which can generate fast rising, high voltage pulses up to 10 kV with arbitrary pulse widths at pulse repetition frequencies greater than 5 kHz. The design utilizes series IGBT switching. The modulators drive the NRL Agile Mirror experiment-an electronically steered sheet plasma which can be used to direct a microwave beam for radar and communications applications
Keywords :
insulated gate bipolar transistors; mirrors; plasma devices; power semiconductor switches; power supplies to apparatus; pulse modulation; pulsed power switches; radar equipment; IGBT switching; NRL Agile Mirror experiment; arbitrary pulse widths; broadband agile mirror radar; electronically steered sheet plasma; fast rising high voltage pulses; microwave beam directing; power modulator; pulse repetition frequencies; semiconductor switching; Frequency; High power microwave generation; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Mirrors; Power generation; Pulse generation; Pulse width modulation; Radar; Space vector pulse width modulation; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 1996., Twenty-Second International
Conference_Location :
Boca Raton, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3076-5
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.1996.564465
