A BIDIRECTIONAL QUASI-OPTICAL LENS AMPLIFIER

Authors
HOLLUNG S COX AE POPOVIC ZB
Citation
S. Hollung et al., A BIDIRECTIONAL QUASI-OPTICAL LENS AMPLIFIER, IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 45(12), 1997, pp. 2352-2357
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189480
Volume
45
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Part
2
Pages
2352 - 2357
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9480(1997)45:12<2352:ABQLA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A 24-element hi-directional quasi-optical lens amplifier array is pres ented, The lens amplifier array is designed for X-band, and operates i n transmission mode, Single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switches are used to switch between transmit and receive amplifiers, The lens amplifier array demonstrates gains of 5.5 dB at 10.1 GHz in receive mode, and 2 dB at 10.2 GHz in transmit mode, with more than 15-dB ON/OFF isolatio n, Several applications for the lens amplifier array are demonstrated: a quasi-optical transceiver front-end, reduction of multipath fading, and a multiuser frequency reuse application.