STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF MILLIMETER AND SUB-MILLIMETER WAVE RECEIVER TECHNIQUES
Abstract
The pyroelectric effect detector was tested experimentally. The sensitivity of the experimental model varies between 2 x 10 to the -11th power amperes/milliwatt and 4 x 10 to the -11th power amperes/milliwatt depending on the temperature of the sample. The use of a shunt inductor to increase the output of the detector was investigated. By choosing the inductor so that the crystal capacitance and the inductor form a resonant circuit at the modulation frequency, the output was increased. The possibility of using metal reflectors rather than dielectric lenses for the phase correctors was investigated. Also being studied is the problem of energy focusing on a beam waveguide for efficient detection. One proposed scheme of doing this consists of using a series of lenses of decreasing focal length to decrease the energy spot size. A tapered dielectric rod was used to focus the energy onto the detector. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 15, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0289809
Entities
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign