Modern Spark Transmitter Techniques

Abstract

This final report describes modern spark transmitter techniques, covering such areas as ring spark transmitter design, radiation patterns, experimentation, and possible applications of the ring spark transmitter. Synchronization of spark gap discharges is described, as is an investigation into spark gap pressurization. The report presents results of the study and indicates possible areas of development of the ring spark transmitter as a practical device for the generation of very high peak power in the high-frequency range.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0454944

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Contracts
  • Diagrams
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Frequency
  • Loop Antennas
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Spark Gaps
  • United States

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.