HIGH POWER MICOWAVE ELECTRONICS.
Abstract
This report covers: (a) the present status of the high-power microwave facility at the Long Island Graduate Center, Farmingdale, New York; (b) analysis, design and experimental work connected with a proposed C-band dischargeable traveling wave resonator (TWF), using oversized, low-loss, multimode waveguide and capable of magnifying appreciably the peak powers currently available in high-power pulsed microwave sources for delivery in the form of intensified but narrower pulses to an external load; and (c) interaction of high microwave powers and fields with dielectric and metallic materials. The development of two different broadband, gaseous discharge type, C-band high-power microwave switches motivated by the switching requirements of the TWF, is reported. These have very low (<0.2 db) insertion loss, high switching speed (30 and 10 nanoseconds, respectively) and are capable of handling peak powers in excess of one megawatt. One device is a low-pressure hydrogen gas wave guide thyratron and the other a dc-triggered, microwave spark gap operating in air at atmospheric or higher pressure. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0427732
Entities
People
- John W. E. Griemsmann
Organizations
- New York University Tandon School of Engineering