Dielectric Measurements of CVD Diamonds at Millimeter Wavelength Using a Fabry-Perot Open Resonator

Precise dielectric property measurements at a millimeter wave frequency band are attractive. A Fabry-Perot open resonator consisting of hemispherical and plane mirrors, coupling holes is designed by the use of analytic theories and a numerical simulation code. HFSS. Dielectric constant measurements on CVD diamonds are performed by a frequency variation method. Measurements show that permittivity and loss tangent range from 5.59 to 6.46, and from 1.1 × 10^?3, to 5.3 × 10^?2. respectively, in the frequency range of 95–100 GHz depending on sample preparation of the CVD diamonds.     

AN OPEN RESONATOR FOR PHYSICAL STUDIES

The excitation efficency of the TEM_01q oscillation of an two-mirror hemispherical open resonator (OR) is studied. The resonator is excited by the TE₀₁ wave of a circular waveguide joined in the middle of the OR plane mirror. Given the waveguide optimum size, the TEM_01q mode excitation efficiency reaches 78%. Analysis of the resonant system spectrum in the 4-mm wave region shows that this waveguide-OR system offers a single mode resonance curve across almost a 10-GHz tuning range. The TEM₀₁₁₀ mode field distribution with and without the circular waveguide in the middle of the OR plane mirror is available due to the small scatterer method. It is shown that the considered open system is suitable for measuring electromagnetic characteristics of high-loss substances and metamaterials in the short-wave end of the millimeter (mm) region as well as in the submillimeter (submm) wave region.     

Compact and high-performance bandpass filter and diplexer based on SCMRC-loaded SIR

Bandpass filter (BPF) and diplexer, which are required to be compact size and high performance, are widely used in modern wireless communication systems. In this article, novel BPF and diplexer are designed using the proposed resonator called spiral compact microstrip resonator cell (SCMRC)-loaded stepped-impedance resonator (SIR). The SCMRC-loaded SIR is proposed using the slow-wave structure SCMRC to replace the low-impedance section of the conventional SIR. Compared with the conventional SIR, the new SCMRC-loaded SIR has a compacter size and can generate a transmission zero above its fundamental resonant frequency. As examples, a BPF with the central frequency at f ₀?=?1?GHz and a diplexer operating at 0.9/1.57?GHz are designed and fabricated. The fabricated BPF occupies a compact size of 0.07 λ ₀?×?0.035 λ ₀ and has a??60?dB rejection level wide stopband from 1.2 f ₀ to 3.8 f ₀. The fabricated diplexer occupies a compact size of 0.076 λ ₀?×?0.128 λ ₀ and has an up to??50?dB output isolation. Good agreement can be observed between the simulations and the measurements.     

Compact wideband bandpass filter using quad mode resonator

This paper presents a compact wideband bandpass filter for TETRA band applications. The proposed filter design is based on a quad mode resonator designed using small rectangular loop loaded with four Stepped Impedance Stubs (SISs) and a short circuit stub. The four modes of the resonator help in generating a wide passband. The use of SISs makes the filter compact. In addition to four transmission poles, the resonator inherently generates a transmission zero above the higher end of passband. Two transmission zeros are generated by the input/output coupling which helps in increasing the selectivity and also for achieving wide stopband. This filter provides a 3 dB fractional bandwidth of 30.33% and maximum insertion loss of 1.3 dB at the center frequency 0.36 GHz with a compact size of 0.125 λ_g × 0.085 λg (4.1 × 2.78 cm²).     

Integrated MOS distributed RC networks for frequency selective circuits

A method of fabricating distributed RC networks for producing frequency selective circuits in IC form is proposed. An MOS capacitor with compatible nichrome thin-film resistor is used. The available range of R₀C₀ product, about 1·5 × 10⁶?3 × 10³ psec, allows for notch filters or phase shift oscillators with centre frequency ranging from about 11 KHz to 0·6 GHz. Responses are given for some devices which have been made, and these show that attenuations of over 60 dB have been obtained.     

Measurement of Dielectric Properties for Low-Loss Materials at Millimeter Wavelengths

We describe here a system for accurate measurement of the dielectric properties of very low-loss materials in the 130 to 170 GHz frequency range. This system utilizes an open resonator with a quality factor ∼ 1 × 10⁶. Resonance curves for this resonator are acquired with a commercial spectrum analyzer equipped with an external millimeter-wave harmonic mixer. The excitation source is a backward-wave oscillator locked to the spectrum analyzer local oscillator via a digital phase-locked loop. This system permits rapid and accurate measurement of resonance curve line widths, permitting determination of loss tangents down to the 10^-6 range. Results are reported for silicon carbide (SiC), CVD diamond, sapphire, and quartz.     

A Quad Band Metamaterial Miniaturized Antenna for Wireless Applications with Gain Enhancement

This paper presents a designing of dual-coated miniaturized metamaterial inspired quad band antenna for wireless standards with gain enhancement. Proposed design has compactness in size with electrical dimension of 0.239?×?0.351?×?0.0127 λ (30?×?44?×?1.6 mm³), at lower frequency of 2.39 GHz. The antenna consist a double printed slotted hexagonal shape radiating section with implementation of metamaterial rectangular split ring resonator. Antenna achieve quad bands for wireless standards WLAN (2.4/5.8 GHz), WiMAX (3.5 GHz), IEEE 802.11P (WAVE-5.9 GHz), ITU assigned X bands (7.25–7.75, 7.9–8.4 GHz) and satellite communication systems operating bands (C-band: 7.4–8.9 GHz and X-band: 8–10 GHz for satellite TV). An acceptable gain, stable radiation characteristics and good impedance matching are observed at all the resonant frequencies of the proposed structure. By application of proposed frequency selective surface an average enhancement of gain is about 4–5 dB over the operating band. Antenna fabricated and tested represent good agreement between the simulated and measured results.

     

An automated 60 GHz open resonator system for precision dielectricmeasurements

An automated open resonator system was designed and constructed for precision measurement of the loss tangent and dielectric permittivity of low absorbing materials at 60 GHz. The use of a high-Q hemispherical Fabry-Perot cavity together with highly stabilized synthesized phase-locked Gunn oscillator sources and a superheterodyne receiver made it possible to measure loss tangent values as low as 10 μrad. Both cavity length variation and frequency variation techniques were utilized to provide precise data     

One-Circuit Stabilization of Millimeter-Wave Solid-State Oscillator by Quasi-Optical Resonator

The construction and operating characteristics of the highly stabilized millimeter wave IMPATT oscillator are described. The frequency stability is 8.1 × 10^-7 at 115 GHz. The output power is no less than 15 mW. The sphere-corner-echelette open resonator have been used for oscillator stabilization. This approach is also adaptable to the Gunn oscillator.     

Millimeter Wave Measurement of the Low-Loss Dielectric in Vacuum Electronic Devices with Reflection-Type Hemispherical Open Resonator

Accurate dielectric properties are of great importance for the design and fabrication of the input and output windows in vacuum electronic devices. A reflection-type hemispherical open resonator (RTHOR) was designed through theoretical analysis and numerical simulation and also was utilized to measure the dielectric properties of the windows material sapphire. Compared with the two ports measurement, a simplified measurement system to obtain the dielectric performance was proposed and the RTHOR with only one coupling aperture was directly connected to a W-band vector network analyzer (VNA). The material properties can be easily calculated through the VNA measured port reflection coefficient (S₁₁) resonant curve. Investigation shows that the permittivity and the loss tangent of the measured sapphire, which is used to construct the input and output window, is respectively about 9.40 and 1.80?×?10^?4 at room temperature in W-band, which agree well with the reported results. Measured results also show that the simplified measurement system can provide a high accuracy for the measurement of low-loss dielectric in a relatively convenient way.     

平板介质的微波分裂腔法介电常数测试技术

为实现微波频段平板类介质材料的介电常数的无损测试,研究了分裂式圆柱形谐振腔测试方法。介绍了分裂式圆柱形谐振腔的电磁场分析理论,采用模式匹配技术实现了介质加载条件下腔内电磁场分布的精确求解,得到了腔体谐振频率与材料介电常数之间的准确关系。在理论分析的基础上,制作了空腔谐振频率为10 GHz的分裂式谐振腔,并与前期研制的闭式谐振腔进行对比测试,介电常数实部测量结果相对误差小于1%。与国外同类产品进行对比测试,介电常数实部结果基本一致,损耗角正切测量结果更接近于文献参考值。因此,微波分裂腔法能够实现平板介质板材的无损测量,具有准确度高,使用方便等突出优势,可在微波频段内实现介电常数为1～20,损耗角正切为1×10^-3～1×10^-5,板材厚度为0.1～2.0 mm的各类平板介质材料介电常数的准确测试。     

Experimental Study of a Ka-Band Cylindrical Open Resonator

A study of the electrodynamical properties of a Ka-band gyrotron open resonator was experimentally conducted. Experiments were accomplished to measure resonant frequencies and their respective loaded quality factors for TE modes in the frequency range from 26 to 40 GHz. In particular, a perturbation technique was used to determine the axial, radial and azimuthal electric field profiles, as an identification method of the TE₀₂₁ mode operating around 35 GHz. In any experimental event, good agreement with the values predicted by theory was found.     

Terahertz Frequency-Domain Spectroscopy of Low-Pressure Acetonitrile Gas by a Photomixing Terahertz Synthesizer Referenced to Dual Optical Frequency Combs

A terahertz (THz) frequency synthesizer based on photomixing of two near-infrared lasers with a sub-THz to THz frequency offset is a powerful tool for spectroscopy of polar gas molecules due to its broad spectral coverage; however, its frequency accuracy and resolution are relatively low. To tune the output frequency continuously and widely while maintaining its traceability to a frequency standard, we developed a photomixing THz synthesizer phase-locked to dual optical frequency combs (OFCs). While the phase-locking to dual OFCs ensured continuous tuning within a spectral range of 120 GHz, in addition to the traceability to the frequency standard, use of a broadband uni-traveling carrier photodiode for photomixing enabled the generation of CW-THz radiation within a frequency range from 0.2 to 1.5 THz. We demonstrated THz frequency-domain spectroscopy of gas-phase acetonitrile CH₃CN and its isotope CH₃ ¹³CN in the frequency range of 0.600–0.720 THz using this THz synthesizer. Their rotational transitions were assigned with a frequency accuracy of 8.42?×?10^?8 and a frequency resolution of 520 kHz. Furthermore, the concentration of the CH₃CN gas at 20 Pa was determined to be (5.41?±?0.05)?×?10¹⁴ molecules/cm³ by curve fitting analysis of the measured absorbance spectrum, and the mixture ratio of the mixed CH₃CN/CH₃ ¹³CN gas was determined to be 1:2.26 with a gas concentration of 10¹⁴–10¹⁵ molecules/cm³. The developed THz synthesizer is highly promising for high-precision THz-FDS of low-pressure molecular gases and will enable the qualitative and quantitative analyses of multiple gases.     

Automatic measurement of the complex permittivity at millimeter wavelengths

A measuring system including an oversized cavity resonator operating in the TE₀₁ mode for the determination of the complex permittivity ε^′- jε^″ of low-loss liquids at frequencies of about 36 GHz is described. While ε^′ is obtained by wavelength measurements in the filled and the empty resonator, ε^″ is determined from the variation of the Q factor of the filled resonator with the length of the dielectric sample. The Q factors of values of about 2·10⁴ to 10⁵ can be measured automatically by means of a desk calculator which controls the frequency and collects the digitized values of the detector output voltage. By means of the calculator, the Q factors of the resonator are determined by fitting analytical (Lorentzian) resonance curves to the measurement data. ε^″ and the Q factor for zero sample length are calculated according to Göttmann's methods.     

小型高重复频率TEACO2激光器的研究

本文叙述了一种小型高重复频率TEACO2激光器,其激光模式为TEM00,远场发散全角≤4mard,基模激光能量87.8mJ,脉冲宽度36.5ns,基模激光峰值功率>0.9MW,激光重复频率130Hz(最高重复频率255Hz),能以50Hz的重复频率连续长期工作,其工作寿命>1×107次.     

Ultra wideband (UWB) dielectric resonator antenna using fractal-inspired feeding mechanism

This article examines a compact dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for UWB applications. Here a composite feeding structure excites a dielectric resonator which in tern provides the resonant modes TE₁₁₁, TE₁₂₁, TE₂₁₂, and TE₂₂₂. The dielectric resonator (DR), built of alumina ceramic (ε_{r, DR} = 9.8), is mounted on a fractal triangular patch, inspired by Sierpinski Gasket. The suggested DRA is supported by a FR4 substrate (ε_{r, sub} = 4.4) and measures compactly 40 × 30 × 8.5 mm³. To confirm the results of its simulations, the proposed antenna's prototype is prepared and measured up to the second iteration. The measured outcome demonstrates that the suggested antenna has a frequency range of 3.38–10.71 GHz (104%) for S₁₁ < −10 dB and provides a maximum gain of 7.23 dBi at 8 GHz along with highest possible simulated efficiency of 98%. The suggested DRA is appropriate for small-range future 4G/5G UWB wireless multimedia applications due to its ultrawide bandwidth, excellent gain, reasonable efficiency, omnidirectional radiation features, and compact construction. This DRA is also suitable for repeaters of mobile and vehicular communications.     

Ultra-Wideband Compact Circularly Polarized Antenna

In this research work, a circularly polarized (CP) monopole antenna is designed for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) applications. The CP UWB antenna is be made up of a reformed ring patch and ground plane. The slots and stubs are inserted in the ground to achieve CP in the UWB antenna. This antenna attained an Axial Ratio Bandwidth (ARBW) of 5 GHz (4.0–9.0 GHz) that lies in the UWB frequency range that is from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. The designed antenna has a radiation efficiency of around 80% for the complete UWB frequency range. The CP UWB antenna is designed and fabricated using the FR4 with a compact size of 32?×?30?×?1.6 mm³ and with a peak gain of 6.8 dBi. Tested results are in good resembles with simulated ones.

     

A novel millimeter wave gunn oscillator

It is described that the design, configuration and the performance of a novel millimeter wave Gunn oscillator stabilized by external cavity and temperature compensation in this paper. The frequency stability is 3.6 × 10^?6 at 52 GHz over the teperature range from ?10 to 50 °C. An output power of more than 100mW has been obtained in the frequency range from 51.5 to 52.8 GHz.     

A Rectangular SRR Switched Slotted Microstrip Patch for Frequency Diversity Application

Planar antenna with a specific resonant mode is essential to meet the diversity demand for wireless communication. This paper presents modeling and experimental validation of a microstrip antenna design in which multiple resonant frequencies are excited based on different negative permeability response of the rectangular split ring resonator (SRR). The antenna geometry consists of a slotted patch with split ring resonator loaded between its two arms. The patch was fabricated on FR-substrate of relative permittivity ε_r?=?4.4, and has a size of 30.5 mm?×?34 mm. In the antenna desing, PIN diodes connect the outer ring and inner ring resonator of the SRR to the adjacent arms of the patch. Under various bias conditions, quad-band resonance was observed at 2.07 GHz, 2.11 GHz, 2.31 GHz, and 2.46 GHz. The measured S₁₁ results are found comparable to the simulated data, and demonstrate proper functioning of the proposed antenna with stable gain and radiation patterns.     

A long-pulse,CARM oscillator experiment

Results of a long-pulse, cyclotron autoresonance maser (CARM) oscillator experiment are reported. A Stanford accelerator (SLAC 5045) klystron gun produced a 1 pis electron beam at 250-300 kV and 10-25 A at a repetition rate of up to 4 Hz. A beam α≡β⊥/β₁, variable from 0 to 1, was produced on this electron beam with a wiggler magnetic field near guide field resonance. The experiments were carried out with two different Bragg reflection resonators designed for the TE₁₁ mode. Using the first resonator, many harmonic gyrotron modes were observed in the 28-40GHz frequency range in the TE₂₁ and TE₀₁ modes and, for the first time, a second harmonic upshifted (CARM) TE₁₁ mode at 74-5 GHz. Using the second resonator, fundamental CARM operation was observed for many parameter settings, and for frequencies ranging from 29 to 32 GHz. Output powers ranged from ～01 kW to l00kW, resulting in efficiencies of 01% to 2%. Identification of CARM and gyrotron modes is made by comparison of measured frequencies with dispersion theory and measurement of the farfield radiation pattern. Comparison with theory indicates that the device efficiency is reduced by finite spread in the axial electron beam momentum.