{"title":"Spatial frequency multiplier with active linearly tapered slot antenna array","authors":"R. N. Simons, Richard Q. Lee","doi":"10.1109/NTC.1994.316693","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A frequency multiplier with active linearly tapered slot antennas (LTSAs) has been demonstrated at the second harmonic frequency. In each antenna element, a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) distributed amplifier is integrated with two LTSAs. The multiplier has a very wide bandwidth and large dynamic range. The fundamental-to-second harmonic conversion efficiency is 8.1 percent. The spatially combined second harmonic signal is 50 dB above the noise level. The design is suitable for constructing a large array using monolithic integration techniques.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":297184,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of IEEE National Telesystems Conference - NTC '94","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of IEEE National Telesystems Conference - NTC '94","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/NTC.1994.316693","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A frequency multiplier with active linearly tapered slot antennas (LTSAs) has been demonstrated at the second harmonic frequency. In each antenna element, a GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) distributed amplifier is integrated with two LTSAs. The multiplier has a very wide bandwidth and large dynamic range. The fundamental-to-second harmonic conversion efficiency is 8.1 percent. The spatially combined second harmonic signal is 50 dB above the noise level. The design is suitable for constructing a large array using monolithic integration techniques.<>