Raytheon Company

George Jerinic

James L Lampen

Glenn R Thoren

Clifford A Drubin

Allen L Hieber

Francis J Sullivan, Jr

James R Fines

Robert Steele

A composite diode module is provided having an impedance matching member integrally formed within the module. The module includes a base member, a heat sink holder member having an aperture, a gold plated diamond heat sink which is disposed in the aforementioned aperture, and an encapsulant holder member having a second aperture. IMPATT diodes are disposed in dielectric spacers bonded to one end of the heat sink in alignment with the second aperture. A bias pin member is then bonded on the second end of the IMPATT and an encapsulant having selected electrical properties is provided in the second pair of apertures to secure the diode and to provide the diode module with a predetermined impedance characteristic. In a preferred embodiment, the module includes a pair of IMPATT diodes. With this arrangement, the module may be used in power combiners.

Dual diode module with heat sink, for use in a cavity power combiner

A microwave power combiner is shown to consist of a plurality of coaxial diode oscillators disposed on the periphery of a circularly cylindrical cavity operating in the TM.sub.020 mode, such cavity containing mode suppressor means to prevent any mode other than the TM.sub.020 from operating.

Microwave power combiner

An improved solid state transmitter (and elements therefor) adapted particularly well to pulsed operation at radio frequencies is disclosed. Such transmitter includes the combination of: A crystal-controlled oscillator producing a continuous wave output signal which, ultimately, determines the frequency of each transmitted pulse; a first oscillatory circuit, including a resonant cavity and at least one normally quiescent coaxial oscillator incorporating an IMPATT diode; a second oscillatory circuit, including a resonant cavity and a plurality of normally quiescent coaxial oscillators, each one of such oscillators incorporating an IMPATT diode; and an improved modulator for periodically actuating all of the IMPATT diodes in such a manner that a pulsed output of the first oscillatory circuit is produced which remains locked to the then existing continuous wave signal out of the crystal-controlled oscillator and the pulsed outputs of the coaxial oscillators in the second oscillatory circuit similarly are locked. The improved elements disclosed, in addition to the improved modulator, include various configurations of coaxial oscillators which are easier to align than known oscillators of such type or which allow a greater number of such oscillators to be coupled to a resonant cavity than was possible according to the prior art. Finally, an improved probe and tuning arrangement for a resonant cavity is disclosed.

Cylindrical cavity power combiner for a plurality of coaxial oscillators

A power combiner for solid state oscillator circuits is shown to be the combination of a central cavity and a plurality of subcavities, each one of the latter being dimensioned to operate in the TM.sub.010 mode to synchronize a plurality of solid state oscillator circuits. The central cavity and each one of the plurality of subcavities are coupled together through coaxial lines so that the central cavity in turn synchronizes the plurality of subcavities.

Power combiner

Coaxial line IMPATT diode oscillator

Cylindrical cavity power combiner for plurality of coaxial oscillators

An improved solid state transmitter (and elements therefor) adapted particularly well to pulsed operation at radio frequencies is disclosed. Such transmitter includes the combination of: A crystal-controlled oscillator producing a continuous wave output signal which, ultimately, determines the frequency of each transmitted pulse; a first oscillatory circuit, including a resonant cavity and at least one normally quiescent coaxial oscillator incorporating an IMPATT diode; a second oscillatory circuit, including a resonant cavity and a plurality of normally quiescent coaxial oscillators, each one of such oscillators incorporating an IMPATT diode; and an improved modulator for periodically actuating all of the IMPATT diodes in such a manner that a pulsed output of the first oscillatory circuit is produced which remains locked to the then existing continuous wave signal out of the crystal-controlled oscillator and the pulsed outputs of the coaxial oscillators in the second oscillatory circuit similarly are locked. The improved elements disclosed, in addition to the improved modulator, include various configurations of the coaxial oscillators which are easier to align than known oscillators of such type or which allow a greater number of such oscillators to be coupled to a resonant cavity than was possible according to the prior art. Finally, an improved probe and tuning arrangement for a resonant cavity is disclosed.

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Acton, MA, United States of America

George Jerinic