Alcatel

Alcatel Telspace

Jean-Christophe Guillard

Michel Soulard

Xavier Le Polozec

Bernard Rattay

Philippe Rampazzo

Didier Fayol

To implement a high-gain amplifier in a microwave frequency band, it is proposed to interconnect amplification circuits and to cover the housing that contains them with a lid. In the space between the lid and the amplification circuits, inside the housing, waveguides are provided whose cutoff frequency is such that it allows none of the modes that can be present at the frequencies of the working band to propagate. It is shown that, by forming such waveguides in said space, instead of filling it with absorbents, much better radio isolation is obtained between the output and the input to avoid interfering reinjections. As a result, in the same housing, it is possible to achieve amplification of up to 90 dB, whereas, hitherto, the limit of 45 dB per housing could not be exceeded.

High-gain amplifier

A microwave demodulator for a digital radio link using QAM type modulation, comprising on one path, a first circuit for compensating quadrature error and, on the other path, a second circuit for compensating the delay and temperature variations of the first circuit. The invention is particularly applicable to digital radio beams.

Microwave demodulator for digital radio links using QAM type modulation

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Morainvilliers, France

Jean-Christophe Guillard