Accession Number:
AD0423544
Title:
VULNERABILITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR RECEIVER RF ELEMENTS TO SIGNAL ENVIRONMENTS,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
SYLVANIA ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS-WEST MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIF ELECTRONIC DEFENSE LABS
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Report Date:
1963-08-05
Pagination or Media Count:
68.0
Abstract:
Quantitative data are presented on the performance of microwave semiconductor devices in various kinds of strong-signal environment. The susceptibility to interference of receivers using varactor and tunnel diode amplifiers is investigated. Spurious receiver responses, gain compression, cross-modulation and frequency pulling are measured, and the observed performance is related to theory where appropriate. The results of the study are sufficiently general to provide a useful guide to the performance of similar circuits in strong-signal environments. The influence of semiconductor characteristics, circuit design and receiver design are discussed. Author