Abstract:
A microwave diode tuning circuit including am IMPATT diode holder of coaxial form and an adjustable capacitor connected in a parallel resonant circuit by microstrip transmission line. The tuning circuit includes a stabilization network and a bias insertion network. Optionally, the tuning circuit may include a hybrid junction for coupling two such diode tuning circuits together. the diode holder includes an internally-externally threaded sleeve providing means for continuously adjusting, through a limited range, the inductance of the resonant circuit.
Abstract:
A microwave oscillator having very low phase noise characteristics has a reflection oscillator circuit coupled to a right-circular cylindrical resonant cavity designed to operate in the TE.sub.011 mode. The resonator length L and inner diameter D are restricted to a range of values such that (D/L).sup.2 is less than 2.5 but greater than 1.7. To suppress the TM.sub.111 resonant modes in the resonator, two techniques are employed. A single tuning post is disposed on either resonator end plate at a point where the TM.sub.111 electric field Z-component is a maximum. The post length is adjustably fixed to maximize the output microwave power at the cavity output port. Each end plate also has a continuous gap separating each plate from the housing to suppress electric field currents of the TM.sub.111 mode flowing on the inner surface of the resonator.
Abstract:
An improved microwave circuit is disclosed for enabling impedance tuning for power coupling in IMPATT diode and other similar oscillator and amplifier circuits. An electrically conductive support plate forming a ground plane is machined to form a channel for slidably receiving an air-stripline transmission line and a resonator therein. An IMPATT diode is positioned within the channel through an opening extending through the support plate generally perpendicular to the channel and is positioned in contact with the resonator. An electrically conductive bias filter is coupled to the resonator and to an adjusting mechanism for moving the resonator along the channel and providing a DC bias to the diode for oscillation. An electrically conductive cover member retains a spring biased electrically non-conductive projection for maintaining the resonator in contact with the diode. By controlling the adjusting mechanism and the position of the air-stripline within the channel, the real and imaginary parts of diode impedance can be adjusted to change the frequency and match the impedance of the diode to a conventional transmission line or coupling circuit.
Abstract:
A source of millimeter waves adjustable in power and frequency and embodied as a cylindrical waveguide one end of which is provided with a movable piston and the other end with a directive antenna generally a radiating horn. Between the ends is tapped a cylindrical waveguide branch in which slides a sub-assembly carrying a radiating module containing an oscillating diode. The position of the module affects the power and the frequency of oscillation of the source and the position of the movable piston acts on the power emitted by the radiating horn.
Abstract:
A compact solid-state oscillator-transmitter which includes a transistor within a small can defining a tuning cavity. The can is electrically connected in the output circuit to present a capacitance which may be varied by manual adjustment of a tuning screw so that the effective output impedance, including parasitic impedance, has the proper phase angle necessary to permit oscillation at the desired frequency. The can is also utilized to shield radiation of radiofrequency conducting circuit components, to secure the components, and to protect the same against adverse environmental influences. A probe is provided to pick up oscillatory signal energy in the cavity and is utilized as an antenna when transmitting the produced signal.
Abstract:
A microwave diode tuning circuit including an IMPATT diode holder of coaxial form and an adjustable capacitor connected in a parallel resonant circuit by microstrip transmission line. The tuning circuit includes a stabilization network and a bias insertion network. Optionally, the tuning circuit may include a hybrid junction for coupling two such diode tuning circuits together. The diode holder includes an internally-externally threaded sleeve providing means for continuously adjusting, through a limited range, the inductance of the resonant circuit.