Microwave pulse generator incorporating a pulse compressor
AssigneeThales Electron Devices GmbH
InventorsGeorges Faillon, Alain-Joseph Durand
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Abstract
A pulse generator comprising a microwave source (T, 60) which delivers a pulsed signal into a resonant compression cavity (15) equipped with a switching device (21) for opening it or closing it. The pulsed signal being stored in the resonant compression cavity (15) when closed in order to be compressed therein before being delivered with a greater amplitude and a smaller width when the resonant compression cavity (15) is open. The microwave source (T) is of the amplifier type with an instantaneous bandwidth including the resonant frequency of the resonant compression cavity. It receives at the input (C1) an input signal to be amplified which is taken from the resonant compression cavity (15).
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A pulse generator comprising a microwave source (T, 60) which delivers a pulsed signal into a resonant compression cavity (15) equipped with a switching device (21) for opening it or closing it, this pulsed signal being stored in the resonant compression cavity (15) when closed in order to be compressed therein before being delivered with a greater amplitude and a smaller width when the resonant compression cavity (15) is open, characterized in that the microwave source (T) is of the amplifier type with an instantaneous bandwidth including the resonant frequency of the resonant compression cavity, and in that it is fed at the input (C1) an input signal to be amplified which is taken off from the resonant compression cavity (15).
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