Accession Number:

ADD014172

Title:

High Power, Solid State RF Pulse Generators.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 12 Jun 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Bovino, Lawrence J.
• Weiner, Maurice
• Kim, Anderson H.

Report Date:

1989-06-12

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

A high power, solid state burst generator for producing RF pulses includes a plurality of transmission lines, such as coaxial cables, having one end connected across a load via a plurality of photoconductive switches, one for each line. The other end of the transmission lines are terminated in open ends and connected to a to a charging DC voltage. One set of lines is connected to a positive DC voltage V while the other set is connected to a negative DC voltage -V. A laser is coupled to one end of a plurality of fiber optic lines, each having a different length, for simultaneously launching switch pulses thereon. The other ends of the fiber optic lines are each coupled to a different one of the photoconductive switches for closing and opening the switches in a sequential fashion such that the lines are sequentially discharged through the load to generate a cyclic series of pulses. Patent applications. rh

Descriptors:

• *COAXIAL CABLES
• *ELECTRIC SWITCHES
• *PATENT APPLICATIONS
• *PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY
• *TRANSMISSION LINES
• CYCLES
• DIRECT CURRENT
• FIBER OPTICS TRANSMISSION LINES
• HIGH POWER
• LASERS
• LAUNCHING
• OPENING(PROCESS)
• PULSES
• RADIOFREQUENCY
• SWITCHES
• VOLTAGE

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution
• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE