Progress toward a compact, high power ultra-wideband array using gallium arsenide photoconductive semiconductor switches

J. M. Lehr; M. D. Abdalla; J. S.H. Schoenberg; M. C. Skipper; J. S. Tyo; J. W. Burger

Progress toward a compact, high power ultra-wideband array using gallium arsenide photoconductive semiconductor switches

J. M. Lehr
, M. D. Abdalla
, J. S.H. Schoenberg
, M. C. Skipper
, J. S. Tyo
, J. W. Burger

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

Abstract

There is considerable demand within the technical applications community for sources which produce high power transient radiation. Currently, lateral geometry high power photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSS) are being developed for use in phased array, ultra-wideband sources. The present source configuration is a stacked blumlein configuration commuted with a PCSS. A new liquid insulating media, HFE-7100, has been demonstrated to have an equivalent voltage hold off capability as sulphur hexafluoride, but with greater compatibility to gallium arsenide. Independent low jitter PCSS operation is demonstrated by coupling two independent blumleins into a common load. Measurements of both the system jitter and the isolated jitter of the PCSS switch has been performed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	23rd International Power Modulator Symposium
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	156-159
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Power Modulator Symposium 1998 - Rancho Mirage, United States of America Duration: 22 Jun 1998 → 25 Jun 1998 Conference number: 23rd

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Name	IEEE Conference Record of Power Modulator Symposium
ISSN (Print)	1076-8467

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Conference	International Power Modulator Symposium 1998
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Rancho Mirage
Period	22/06/98 → 25/06/98

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Lehr, J. M., Abdalla, M. D., Schoenberg, J. S. H., Skipper, M. C., Tyo, J. S., & Burger, J. W. (1998). Progress toward a compact, high power ultra-wideband array using gallium arsenide photoconductive semiconductor switches. In 23rd International Power Modulator Symposium (pp. 156-159). (IEEE Conference Record of Power Modulator Symposium). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

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Progress toward a compact, high power ultra-wideband array using gallium arsenide photoconductive semiconductor switches. / Lehr, J. M.; Abdalla, M. D.; Schoenberg, J. S.H. et al.
23rd International Power Modulator Symposium. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1998. p. 156-159 (IEEE Conference Record of Power Modulator Symposium).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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