Electron Beam Semiconductor S-Band Amplifier.

Abstract

ON IRRADIATION, SILICON, DESIGN, SAND, RELIABILITY(ELECTRONICS)*ELECTRON BEAM SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERSThe study of reliability and diode bonding techniques was continued. A designed analysis for semiconductor targets with 100 watts output at 3.2 GHz was carried out. Large signal calculation were made which included transit time and beam penetration effects. The sheet beam electron gun was tested with the pinhole target tube and beam current densities of 5.1 mA/sq. mm at 15 kV were achieved at a gun to target distance of approximately six inches. The high power density heat exchanger design was refined. New S-band tuned circuit techniques were improved and an approximately 50 percent yield of void-free bonds between the semiconductor diodes and the target substrate can now be achieved. Life test Tube S/N 1 and S/N 2 were fabricated and preliminary testing was started. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763223

Entities

People

  • Aris Silzars
  • Lester A. Roberts

Organizations

  • Watkins-Johnson Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Circuits
  • Current Density
  • Diodes
  • Electron Beams
  • Electron Guns
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Life Tests
  • Reliability
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Semiconductor Diodes
  • Semiconductors
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Tuned Circuits

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics