A HIGH-POWER WIDE-BAND WAFFLE-IRON FILTER

Abstract

The design and measured performance are described of an L-band model of a high-power wide-band lowpass waffle-iron filter. Three different waffleiron filters with staggered stop bands are connected in series to give a combined stop-band which extends from 2.2 gc to 13.7 gc where theATTENUATION IS 60 DB OR GREATER; THIS STOP-BAND INCLUDES THE SECOND THROUGH TENTH HARMONIC OF FREQUENCIES IN THE PASS-BAND OF 1.25 GC TO 1.35 GC. The waffle-iron filter attenuates all waveguide modes which can propagate at frequencies in the above stop-band. In the pass-band, the waffle-iron filters are matched to full-size L-band waveguide using quarter-wavelength stepped transformers. The pulsed power handling capacity without breakdown is measured to be 1.4 megawa ts peak power with air at atmospheric pressure filling the filter; the power capacity is measured using pulses 2 microseconds long and a repetition rate of 60 pulses per second. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0278718

Entities

People

  • Eugene Sharp

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Frequency
  • L Band
  • Microsecond Time
  • Peak Power
  • Power
  • Pulsed Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Transformers
  • Waveguides

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Microwave Engineering.