SOLID STATE MICROWAVE RECTIFICATION

Abstract

The purpose of this contract was to investigate the problem of high efficiency microwave rectification with hot carrier diodes and to provide diodes having the highest efficiency possible in the frequency range of 3 diodes to 8 GHz. A theoretical analysis is first made of the problem from the circuit viewpoint in an effort to determine which rectifier configurations should produce optimum efficiency, assuming perfect diodes. This is followed by an analysis of the losses to be expected for various circuits on the basis of a given diode equivalent circuit. Details of diode design, fabrication and characterization are followed by low and intermediate frequency efficiency measurements, where an attempt to correlate results obtained with the theory is made. Finally, efficiency measurements at microwave frequencies are described, including those made on 100 diodes fabricated for delivery at the conclusion of the contract. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0819339

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  • Paul H. Smith

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  • Motorola Mobility

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  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Circuit Analysis
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