Binary power multiplier for electromagnetic energy
- 203 Leland Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025
A technique for converting electromagnetic pulses to higher power amplitude and shorter duration, in binary multiples, splits an input pulse into two channels, and subjects the pulses in the two channels to a number of binary pulse compression operations. Each pulse compression operation entails combining the pulses in both input channels and selectively steering the combined power to one output channel during the leading half of the pulses and to the other output channel during the trailing half of the pulses, and then delaying the pulse in the first output channel by an amount equal to half the initial pulse duration. Apparatus for carrying out each of the binary multiplication operation preferably includes a four-port coupler (such as a 3 dB hybrid), which operates on power inputs at a pair of input ports by directing the combined power to either of a pair of output ports, depending on the relative phase of the inputs. Therefore, by appropriately phase coding the pulses prior to any of the pulse compression stages, the entire pulse compression (with associated binary power multiplication) can be carried out solely with passive elements.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- Assignee:
- Farkas; Zoltan D. (203 Leland Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4749950
- OSTI ID:
- 866616
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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