Accession Number:

AD0481512

Title:

PSEUDO PASSIVE SATELLITE TECHNIQUE STUDY.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 19 Jun 64-19 Dec 65,

Corporate Author:

SYLVANIA ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS-CENTRAL WILLIAMSVILLE NY

Personal Author(s):

• Ruben, Robert W.
• Stegens, Ronald E.
• Andre, Stephen N.

Report Date:

1966-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

188.0

Abstract:

The use of integrated, tunnel diode, amplifier-antenna elements to enhance the scattering aperture of normally passive, scattering surfaces was investigated. The major emphasis in this study was placed on the refinement and development of lightweight, planar integrated, amplifier-antenna elements that were capable of high gain, large bandwidth and high saturation power levels. Intensive analytical and experimental investigations were also performed on the use of these elements in various scattering arrays and in beam forming, corner reflector enhancement, and modulation technique applications. Results indicate that such elements can satisfactorily enhance the scattering aperture of normally passive, antenna surfaces and that they can also be used practically in beam forming, corner reflector enhancement and linear modulation applications.

Descriptors:

• *AMPLIFIERS
• *SPIRAL ANTENNAS
• *ANTENNA ARRAYS
• ANTENNAS
• COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
• COMMUNICATION SATELLITES
• SCATTERING
• REFLECTORS
• NEGATIVE RESISTANCE CIRCUITS
• SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
• AMPLIFIERS
• RADIO RELAY SYSTEMS
• X BAND
• S BAND

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Radio Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE