RESEARCH ON THE THEORY AND DESIGN OF ACTIVE NETWORKS.

Abstract

The report is concerned with studies in microwave ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation in piezoelectric semiconductors. Saturation due to acoustic oscillations in cadmium sulphide have been observed experimentally, and the drift mobility of electrons in the sample has been determined to 210 square cm/Vs at room temperature. A nonlinear coupling between acoustic waves and electromagnetic waves in piezoelectric materials is described, and an experiment for parametric excitation of subharmonics is outlined. The thermal noise due to free carriers in electroacoustic amplifiers is calculated. The equivalent noise temperature can be made considerably lower than the temperature of the amplifying crystal. A novel design of an efficient piezoelectric transducer for hypersonic waves is described. The coupler comprises a number of piezoelectric discs in a specific arrangement located in the gap of a reentrant microwave cavity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 1964
Accession Number
AD0609434

Entities

People

  • Kjell Blotekjaer
  • Tor Schaug-pettersen

Organizations

  • Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Hypersonic Waves
  • Materials
  • Microwaves
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Piezoelectric Semiconductors
  • Piezoelectric Transducers
  • Semiconductors
  • Transducers
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Materials Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems