A two-stage spatial amplifier with hard horn feeds

被引:27
作者
Ivanov, T
Mortazawi, A
机构
[1] Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando
来源
IEEE MICROWAVE AND GUIDED WAVE LETTERS | 1996年 / 6卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1109/75.481998
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A spatial amplifier consisting of two stages,,vith each stage employing nine HEMT's, has been developed, The coupling to and out of the spatial amplifier is accomplished by placing it in the reactive field of two hard horn antennas, The hard horns' improved aperture field uniformity ensures the simultaneous saturation of most of the active devices across the amplifier array, The amplifier has a small signal gain of 16.2 dB at 9.98 GHz and produces 90 mW at a 2-dB compression point.
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页码:88 / 90
页数:3
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