Title :
TWT phase noise reduction techniques
Author :
Lee, Jae Seung ; Lally, Phil ; Goren, Yehuda ; Luhmann, N.C.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
The traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) is widely utilized in RF amplification for radar transmitters. This application requires very low phase noise in order to distinguish a moving target from strongly reflected clutter. This paper provides better understanding of the phase noise behavior of a TWTA and discusses new methods to substantially suppress this noise.
Keywords :
phase locked loops; phase noise; radar clutter; radar transmitters; radiofrequency amplifiers; travelling wave amplifiers; RF amplification; TWTA; low phase noise reduction techniques; phase locked loops; radar reflected clutter; radar transmitters; radiofrequency amplification; traveling wave tube amplifier; Detectors; Jitter; Microwave amplifiers; Phase detection; Phase noise; Phase shifters; Radar; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transmitters; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2004 IEEE MTT-S International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8331-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1339070
