TM surface-wave power combining by a planar active-lens amplifier

被引：24

作者：

Perkons, AR ^{[1
]}

Qian, YX ^{[1
]}

Itoh, T ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES | 1998年 / 46卷 / 06期

关键词：

active antennas; active arrays; FDTD method; lens antennas; microstrip antennas; MMIC; quasi-optical amplifiers; spatial power combining; spectral-domain methods; surface waves;

D O I：

10.1109/22.681200

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：

Power combining of TM surface waves by a planar active-lens amplifier is the subject of this paper. An amplifier gain of 11 dB at 8.25 GHz with a 3-dB bandwidth of 0.65 GHz has been demonstrated. Gain is measured from input to output connector to facilitate comparisons with more conventional amplifiers. Measurements of output power versus input power are also presented. The amplifier behaved in a linear manner and no problems with spurious oscillations were encountered. Construction of the amplifier is compatible with planar fabrication technologies, A key component of the combiner is a microstrip-fed Yagi-Uda slot-array antenna for TM surface-wave excitation of a thick dielectric slab. Design and optimization guidelines for the antenna are presented as well as detailed spectral-domain and finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) analysis results. Measured and simulation results show an input return loss and front-to-back ratio better than 10 dB over a 5% bandwidth. Calculated and measured results for the fields radiated by the antenna confirm forward radiation of the dominant TM mode in the thick dielectric slab. Integration of the computed radiated fields shows the antenna has a surface-wave launching efficiency of 85%.

引用

页码：775 / 783

页数：9

共 18 条

[1]

Alexanian A, 1997, IEEE MTT-S, P1139, DOI 10.1109/MWSYM.1997.596528

[2] SURFACE-WAVE PROPAGATION OVER A COATED PLANE CONDUCTOR [J].

ATTWOOD, SS .

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1951, 22 (04) :504-509

[3]

Gent H., 1957, ROY RADAR ESTABLISHM, V10, P47

[4]

HWANG H, 1995, IEEE MTT-S, P921, DOI 10.1109/MWSYM.1995.405898

[5]

HWANG H, 1995, URSI INT S SIGN SYST, P89

[6]

Hwang HS, 1996, IEEE MTT-S, P927, DOI 10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511179

[7] A monopole-probe-based quasi-optical amplifier array [J].

Kolias, NJ ;

Compton, RC .

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, 1997, 45 (08) :1204-1207

[8] A HYBRID DIELECTRIC SLAB-BEAM WAVE-GUIDE FOR THE SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE REGION [J].

MINK, JW ;

SCHWERING, FK .

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, 1993, 41 (10) :1720-1729

[9] QUASI-OPTICAL POWER COMBINING OF SOLID-STATE MILLIMETER-WAVE SOURCES [J].

MINK, JW .

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, 1986, 34 (02) :273-279

[10]

Perkons AR, 1997, IEEE MTT-S, P691, DOI 10.1109/MWSYM.1997.602885

← 1 2 →