Spatial power combining for high-power transmitters

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 48-59

  Harvey, J ^a   Brown, E R ^b   Rutledge, D B ^c   York, R A ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNAS; HIGH POWER TRANSMITTERS; MMIC AMPLIFIERS; QUASI OPTICAL;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWER AMPLIFIERS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES; WAVEGUIDES;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 0034474981     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/6668.893246     Document Type: Article

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