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US06407708B1 Microwave generator/radiator using photoconductive switching and dielectric lens 失效
微波发生器/散热器采用光导开关和介质透镜

  • 专利标题: Microwave generator/radiator using photoconductive switching and dielectric lens
  • 专利标题(中): 微波发生器/散热器采用光导开关和介质透镜
  • 申请号: US09654842
    申请日: 2000-09-01
  • 公开(公告)号: US06407708B1
    公开(公告)日: 2002-06-18
  • 发明人: Louis J. Jasper, Jr.
  • 申请人: Louis J. Jasper, Jr.
  • 主分类号: H01Q1508
  • IPC分类号: H01Q1508
Microwave generator/radiator using photoconductive switching and dielectric lens
摘要:
A device for generating and radiating pulses of radio frequency/microwave energy in response to pulses of laser light in which a metal layer is ohmically bonded to each side of a substrate of semiconductior material and an antenna bowtie pattern is ohmically bonded to the metal layers to form a feed structure for a Luneburg lens type antenna. There is at least one aperture available on the substrate of the semiconductor material for permitting laser light to reach the disk to produce photoconduction. The photoconductive switch is electrically connected to the storage device to facilitate fast discharge of the stored energy through the switch. The feed structure is mounted on a motorized support stand, which is connected to a center post by an arm that can rotate 360° in the azimuthal direction and ±90° in elevation. The feed structure is located on the outermost shell of the Luneburg lens, and is concave to conform to the focal radius of curvature of the outermost shell. The feed structure remains at a fixed radius from the center of the Luneburg lens as it rotates about the outermost shell. One embodiment uses a hemispherical Luneburg type lens to produce a highly directional beam by having the rays from the feed structure enter the Luneburg lens and reflect off of the ground plane. The other embodiment uses a spherical, or an almost spherical Luneburg type lens to produce a highly directional beam by having the radiation from the feed structure enter the Luneburg lens and speadout to emerge from the opposite diagonal point as a parallel beam. Both embodiments can rapidly scan 360° in the azimuthal direction and approximately ±90° in elevation.
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