Abstract:
The invention is directed to a cable assembly (1) comprising a coaxial cable (2) with an inner conductor (3) and a shield (4) and a dielectric (5) arranged between the inner conductor (3) and the shield (4). The cable assembly (1) further comprises an outer jacket (7) which encompasses the coaxial cable (2). One or several spacers (10) are arranged between the coaxial cable (2) and the outer jacket (7) such that the outer jacket (7) and the coaxial cable (2) are spaced a distance apart.
Abstract:
A Microwave power detector is coupled to a rectangular waveguide with a sidewall replaced by an uniform metallization on a bottom face of a FR4 dielectric substrate screwed to the waveguide. Two irises aligned along a common line parallel to the lines of magnetic field inside the waveguide, are etched inside the metallization acting as sidewall. Two microstrips are laid down on the upper face of dielectric substrate, each one intersects a respective iris orthogonally in the middle point. The two microstrips are connected to ground at one end immediately beyond respective irises, and are spaced substantially quarter wave apart calculated at the centre of the operating frequency band (15-18 GHz). Besides, the two microstrips are quarter wave long in order to show an open circuit impedance at the other end connected to a respective voltage detector including a Schottky diode in series to a resistor. At midpoint of the connection line between the two serially connected voltage detectors a voltage Vsum is read with high impedance. Vsum is the average of the two detected voltages, it is indicative of the signal power travelling across the waveguide and it results substantially insensitive of standing-wave pattern ( fig.12 ).
Abstract:
A microwave power sensor is disclosed which is capable of using diodes above their resonant frequency to sense the power of input microwaves. The power sensor includes a sensing diode (34, 90, 90′), a conditioning means (30, 79), and a tapered waveguide. For input waves having frequencies near and above the resonant frequency of the sensing diode, the output of the diode begins to be frequency dependent. That is, the diode outputs different DC signals for waves having different frequencies even though the power of the waves is the same. The conditioning means is adapted to offset the frequency dependence of the diode by varying the fraction of the input wave that is transmitted to the diode so as to cause the output of the diode to be relatively constant for waves having equal power but different frequencies. The conditioning means also provides a load impedance which matches the characteristic impedance of the input wave to minimize the reflection of the input wave. In addition, the conditioning means attenuates the input signal to ensure that the sensing diode operates in the square law region. The tapered waveguide (32, 86) receives the wave transmitted by the conditioning means and conveys it to the sensing diode. The waveguide is adapted to cause the input wave to have a voltage maximum at its output port. By attaching the sensing diode across the output port of the waveguide, the power sensor is capable of sensing the power of input waves having frequencies over a broad frequency band.
Abstract:
An RF power sensor apparatus (300) comprising: a first input-side terminal (310) and a second input-side terminal (312) for connecting to spaced apart regions of an RF transmission line (302); a directional coupler comprising: an input-side coupling line (320) connected to the first input-side terminal (310) via a first capacitor (322) and connected to the second input-side terminal (312) via a second capacitor (324); and an output-side coupling line (330) connected to a first output-side terminal (332) and a second output-side terminal (334); wherein the input-side coupling line (320) is configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the output-side coupling line (330), when in use; and a sensor (340) connected to the first output-side terminal (332) and the second output-side terminal (334), the sensor (340) configured to sense an RF power coupled from the input-side coupling line (320) to the output-side coupling line (330) when the first input-side terminal (310) and second input-side terminal (312) are coupled to an RF transmission line (302) transmitting RF power.
Abstract:
An ultrafast sampler includes a series of Schottky diodes configured with a coplanar waveguide to form a nonlinear transmission line (NLTL) that compresses a local oscillator input to form a series of strobe pulses. Strobe pulses of opposite polarity are capacitively coupled to sampling diodes to obtain samples of a signal applied to a signal input. The samples are directed along an intermediate frequency waveguide to, for example, a signal processor such as an oscilloscope, for storage and analysis. The intermediate frequency waveguide is configured so that conductors of the intermediate frequency waveguide receive signal samples of a common polarity and strobe samples of opposite polarities so that portions of strobe pulses delivered to a signal processor are distinguished from signal samples. In an embodiment, the intermediate frequency waveguide and the strobe waveguide are positioned between the axis and the conductors of the intermediate frequency waveguide. The sampling circuit is defined on a GaAs substrate and a coaxial-to-airline-to-substrate transition is configured to deliver signals from a coaxial cable to the sampling circuit. A signal output is configured to direct the signal back into a coaxial cable.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un module électronique (30) hyperfréquences et un procédé de test de ce module à au moins une fréquence de test Ft. Le module électronique comporte sur un substrat (32), au moins une ligne (38) d'interconnexion électrique, d'impédance caractéristique Z0, entre deux composants (34, 36) du module, le substrat ayant sur la face comportant le conducteur électrique (46) de la ligne (38) d'interconnexion, de part et d'autre de ce conducteur électrique, des plages métalliques (52, 54, 56, 58) reliées à des conducteurs de masse. Le procédé de test du module consiste court-circuiter la ligne (38) à la masse par les plages métalliques en un premier point de la ligne et à appliquer une sonde (60) de test d'impédance Z0 sur un second point de la ligne distant du court-circuit d'une longueur électrique sensiblement égal au quart d'onde λt/4 de la fréquence de test Ft. La sonde de test prélève un signal de test apparaissant à un accès (40) du composant (34) situé du coté de la sonde. Application : test et dépannage de modules électroniques hyperfréquence.
Abstract:
A microwave power sensor is disclosed which is capable of using diodes above their resonant frequency to sense the power of input microwaves. The power sensor includes a sensing diode (34, 90, 90′), a conditioning means (30, 79), and a tapered waveguide. For input waves having frequencies near and above the resonant frequency of the sensing diode, the output of the diode begins to be frequency dependent. That is, the diode outputs different DC signals for waves having different frequencies even though the power of the waves is the same. The conditioning means is adapted to offset the frequency dependence of the diode by varying the fraction of the input wave that is transmitted to the diode so as to cause the output of the diode to be relatively constant for waves having equal power but different frequencies. The conditioning means also provides a load impedance which matches the characteristic impedance of the input wave to minimize the reflection of the input wave. In addition, the conditioning means attenuates the input signal to ensure that the sensing diode operates in the square law region. The tapered waveguide (32, 86) receives the wave transmitted by the conditioning means and conveys it to the sensing diode. The waveguide is adapted to cause the input wave to have a voltage maximum at its output port. By attaching the sensing diode across the output port of the waveguide, the power sensor is capable of sensing the power of input waves having frequencies over a broad frequency band.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a waveguide with an RF port input transition. The waveguide includes: a tubular rectangular body having openings formed at opposite sides thereof, each of the openings having a flange therearound; multiple isolator ports formed at predetermined intervals in one wall of the rectangular body, the isolator ports each being switchable between open and closed states; multiple impedance matching ports formed at predetermined intervals in another wall of the rectangular body opposite the one wall, the impedance matching ports each being switchable between open and closed states; and a radiator port formed at a center of the one wall of the rectangular body.
Abstract:
Frequency converters include waveguides configured for a local oscillator (LO) signal, an intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and an RF signal. A multimode IF waveguide can be used for selectively coupling of an IF signal and to reduce signal contributions produced by the LO signal. Typically, the multimode waveguide is situated to that the IF signal and the LO signal propagate in different waveguide modes, and a selected one of these signals can be selectively attenuated. In some examples, a periodically stepped waveguide is used to enhance propagation of a selected waveguide mode or a lossy conductor is used to attenuate a selected waveguide mode.