A high-power K a-band (31-36 GHz) solid-state amplifier based on low-loss corporate waveguide combining

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1899-1908

  Epp, Larry W ^a,b   Hoppe, Daniel J ^a,b   Khan, Abdur R ^b   Stride, Scot L ^b  

^a IEEE

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; Dielectric loaded waveguides; High power K a band; Power combiners; Solid state

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATORS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LAUNCHING; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SULFATE MINERALS;

AMPLIFIER MODULES; AMPLIFIERS; COMBINING EFFICIENCY; DIELECTRIC-LOADED WAVEGUIDES; GRACEFUL DEGRADATION; HIGH POWERS; HIGH-POWER K A-BAND; INSERTION LOSSES; K A-BAND; LOW LOSSES; LOW POWERS; LOW-LOSS WAVEGUIDES; MICRO STRIPS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE; OVERALL POWER; POWER COMBINERS; POWER OUTPUTS; SOLID STATE;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 49349110709     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.927299     Document Type: Article

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