High-Power Compact P-Band UHF Oscillator Based on Hollow Cathode Discharge

作者：Bulychev Sergey V^*; Dubinov Alexander E; L'vov Igor L; Sadovoy Sergey A; Selemir Victor D; Valiulina Valeria K; Vyalykh Dmitry V; Zhdanov Victor S

来源：IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2015, 43(6): 1906-1910.

DOI：10.1109/TPS.2015.2432069

• Antenna array
• hollow cathode discharge
• impedance transformer
• P-band ultra high frequency (UHF) oscillator

This paper describes a novel high-power ultra high frequency oscillator based on hollow cathode gas discharge. The oscillator generates the pulses with a carrier frequency of 380 MHz, power of 390 kW, and pulse duration of 450 ns. The oscillator has been tested in a pulsed-periodical regime with a pulse repetition rate of 2.5 kHz. The lifetime of the oscillator is 107 pulses. The oscillator has been tested for operation into radiating three-element array of dipole antennas. These tests showed the oscillator and antenna array compliance.

• 出版日期2015-6