Active and Quasi-Optical Arrays for Solid-State Power Combining / Edition 1

by Robert A. York, Zoya B. Popovic

Overview

A detailed and timely overview of recent developments in activequasi-optical arrays

In recent years, active quasi-optics has emerged as one of the mostdynamic fields of contemporary research—a highly unconventionalapproach to microwave and millimeter-wave power generation thatintegrates solid-state devices into a single quasi-opticalcomponent in which all devices operate in unison. This book definesand describes active quasi-optical arrays, reviews the currentstate of the art, and answers numerous basic and technicalquestions on the design, analysis, and application of thesedevices.

The contributors to this volume are leading researchers in thefield who present results and views from government, industrial,and university laboratories and offer a balanced discussion on ahigh technical level. They also offer insight into theapplicability and commercial value of this technology for militarysystems, manufacturing processes, communications, and consumerproducts. Topics presented include:
* Analysis and design methodologies for quasi-optical active arrays
* Power-added and power-combining efficiencies of quasi-opticalamplifier arrays
* Phase-shifterless beam steering in oscillator and amplifierarrays
* Integrating quasi-optical active components into a compactsubsystem
* Design and fabrication of quasi-optical oscillators, amplifiers,multipliers, and tuners
* Characterization and measurement of quasi-optical components

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471146148
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/11/1997
Series:	Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering , #42
Pages:	526
Product dimensions:	6.42(w) x 9.49(h) x 1.26(d)

About the Author

ROBERT A. YORK, PhD, is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ZOYA B. POPOVIC, PhD, is Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Table of Contents

Quasi-Optical Power Combining (R. York).

Spatial Power Combining (M. Gouker).

Active Integrated Antennas (S. Chew & T. Itoh).

Coupled-Oscillator Arrays and Scanning Techniques (J. Lynch, etal.).

Quasi-Optical Antenna-Array Amplifiers (Z. Popovic, et al.).

Multilayer and Distributed Arrays (A. Mortazawi, et al.).

Planar Quasi-Optical Power Combining (M. Steer, et al.).

Grid Oscillators (Z. Popovic, et al.).

Grid Amplifiers (M. De Lisio & C. Liu).

Beam-Control Arrays (K. Stephan).

Frequency Conversion Grids (J. Chiao).

Quasi-Optical Subsystems (Z. Popovic & G. Johnson).

Commercial Applications of Quasi-Optics (R. Campton, et al.).

Index.

Editorial Reviews

Thirteen contributions define and describe active quasi-optical arrays, review the current state of the art, and answer numerous basic and technical questions on the design, analysis, and application of these devices. The writers present results and views from government, industrial, and university laboratories, and offer a balanced discussion on a high technical level. Topics include analysis and design methodologies for quasi-optical active arrays; integrating quasi-optical active components into a compact subsystem; design and fabrication of quasi-optical oscillators, amplifiers, multipliers, and tuners; and characterization and measurement of quasi-optical components. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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