Advanced Capability Infrared Receiver System

Abstract

The program has demonstrated the following technological elements. A structure to support a 3 x 3 configuration of high performance 10.6 micrometer mixer elements. An array of microlenses that generate receiving antenna beams in registration and crossing each other at a point 3 dB below their peak responses. A mixer-preamplifier combination with measured NEP values of better than 2 x 10 to the -19th power watts/Hz from 10 MHz to 1500 MHz. A microstrip cabling technique to handle the microwave IF signals detected by the infrared mixers. Adequate thermal conductivity in the array structure to extract the heat dissipated by the local oscillator beam and dc bias current. At least 30 dB of electrical isolation at 1500 MHz between adjacent cooled mixer elements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0868280

Entities

People

  • B. Peyton
  • E. Sard
  • F. Arams
  • F. Pace
  • R. Lange

Organizations

  • Eaton Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angle Of Arrival
  • Bandwidth
  • Computer Programming
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Far Field
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Response
  • Heat Transfer
  • Local Oscillators
  • Low Noise
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Radar
  • Tuned Circuits

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics