E-Beam Signal Processor Design

Abstract

The significance of this research and development to the Air Force is that a dual stage signal processor system has been developed which has a potential capability of achieving output data rates exceeding 2 Gbit/sec. The design is realized by a state-of-the-art solid state stage and an Electron-Beam- Semiconductor signal processor assembled in series. The former is fabricated from commercially available IC logic chips and has been efficiently interfaced with the EBS processor. The solid state processor multiplexes 64 ns input data pulses into 8 ns pulses to drive the EBS signal processor. The latter multiplexes 8 ns data pulses from 16 input lines into a single output. In this approach, information is placed on the electron beam and read out at the semiconductor target. Output pulse amplitude of one volt into 50 ohm and a pulse width of 0.5 ns has been achieved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0911429

Entities

People

  • Ali Bahraman
  • Guenter Doehler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Circuits
  • Communication Systems
  • Electron Guns
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency
  • Lc Circuits
  • Modulators
  • Multiplexing
  • Oscillators
  • Power Levels
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Semiconductors
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics