THE INVESTIGATION OF THE APPLICATION OF MODERN SPARK GAP TECHNIQUES TO HIGH-POWER TRANSMITTER DESIGN

Abstract

A cheme for generating large amounts of RF power at HF and VHF is proposed. This scheme, adapted from the Marx impulse generator, combines transmitter and antenna into a single unit. Capacitors, charged in parallel and discharged in series, tune with the inductance of their mounting ring to form a resonant circuit at the desired operating frequency. Radiation resistance is the principal dissipative element in the circuit, leading to high efficiency. The capacitors are charged to voltages from 10 to 200 kv, leading to peak powers which conceivably could be as high as 10 to the 4th power to 10 to the 8th power Mw. Pulse widths achievable with the basic structure range from a fraction of a microsecond to a few microseconds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0434187

Entities

People

  • A. F. Wickersham Jr.
  • F. E. Firth
  • L. T. Dolphin Jr.

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Contracts
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Dielectrics
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Energy Storage
  • Frequency
  • Oscillators
  • Power
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Strip Transmission Lines
  • Transmission Lines
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.