发明名称 Low Cost Power Limiter
摘要 The power limiter comprises a main line (1) with an input (4) and an output (6). The main line is coupled via a first matching section (2) to a detector network (3) which generates a current (i). This is transmitted to a second matching section (9) via a biasing circuit (5). The current biases at least one p-i-n diode (10) positioned between the first and the second matching sections (2,9) of the main line (1), and unmatched from the propagation line at input (4). The first and second matching sections (2,9) function with a characteristic impedance strictly below that of the propagation line at input (4). The first matching section (2) presents a length of quarter-wavelength at the middle-band frequency of limiter. The biasing circuit comprises the first quarter-wavelength line (7) and the first radial stub (13). The main line (1) comprises at least one second p-i-n diode (11) positioned between the second matching section (9) and the output (6), and the direct component of the second p-i-n diode is closed on the main line (1) by means of a closing circuit (22). The power limiter comprises a first capacitance (14) at the input of the first matching section (2), and a second capacitance (15) at the output of the second matching section (9); the capacitances are monolayered and with a very low insertion loss. The second diode (11) has the junction capacitance lower than that of the first diode (10). The second matching section (9) ensures a rematching of the main line (1) to the impedance of the propagation line at input (4). The limiter comprises a complement line (16) between the second matching section (9) and the second diode (11), so that the diodes (10,11) are separated by a quarter-wavelength at the middle-band frequency of limiter to ensure the maximum attenuation of input power. The second matching section (9) presents a length of about quarter-wavelength. The detector network (3) comprises at least one diode (19) of type Schottky Medium Barrier. The closing circuit (22) comprises the second radial stub (17), a metallized hole (18), and the second quarter-wavelength line (12). The detector network (3) comprises an LC circuit with capacitance (23) and inductance (24) for the provision of voltage proportional to input power. The limiter comprises a cooling device made of copper or synthetic diamond as a support for p-i-n diodes.
申请公布号 EP1069679(A1) 申请公布日期 2001.01.17
申请号 EP20000401975 申请日期 2000.07.07
申请人 THALES 发明人 TOLANT, CLEMENT;EUDELINE, PHILIPPE;PAVAUT, STEPHANE
分类号 H03G11/02 主分类号 H03G11/02
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