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FET oscillator having controllable reactance element-controlled two port feedback network

Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1981-03-09
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Granted: 1987-06-02
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Expires: 2001-03-09
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Abstract

Abstract A broadband high frequency power oscillator employing a GaAs FET transistor and a two-port coupling network whose input port is connected across the drain and source terminals of the GaAs FET. The coupling network consists of 3 branches in T- or pi -configuration. One branch includes a matching network and the load. The other two branches are purely reactive and each includes at least one independently tunable reactance element, such as a varactor.

Inventors

  • 👤 Christen Rauscher

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 23:46
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03B; H03B5/00; H03B5/18; H03B5/1841; H03B5/1847; H03B5/1852

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 138 words
An oscillator for delivering maximum radio frequency output power to a load and comprising: a field-effect transistor having a surce terminal, a gate terminal and a drain terminal; and a two-port network having an input port connected across the drain and the source terminals of the field-effect transistor, and an output port connected across the gate and the source terminals of the field-effect transistor, the network consisting of three branches connected in T-configuration, each branch radiating outwardly from a node to the drain, source and gate terminals of the field-effect transistor respectively, each of the first and second branches including a controllable reactance element comprising a first varactor and each of the first and second branches includes a second varactor connected in series with the first varactor by an inductance coil, and the third branch including the load.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 138 words
An oscillator for delivering maximum radio frequency output power to a load and comprising: a field-effect transistor having a surce terminal, a gate terminal and a drain terminal; and a two-port network having an input port connected across the drain and the source terminals of the field-effect transistor, and an output port connected across the gate and the source terminals of the field-effect transistor, the network consisting of three branches connected in T-configuration, each branch radiating outwardly from a node to the drain, source and gate terminals of the field-effect transistor respectively, each of the first and second branches including a controllable reactance element comprising a first varactor and each of the first and second branches includes a second varactor connected in series with the first varactor by an inductance coil, and the third branch including the load.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The oscillator recited in claim 1 including: control means for independently controlling the varactors in the first branch and the varactors in the second branch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 20 words
The oscillator recited in claim 2 wherein: the third branch is connected to the drain terminal of the field-effect transistor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
The oscillator recited in claim 3 wherein the third branch includes: a matching circuit terminated in the load.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 17 words
The oscillator recited in claim 4 wherein the matching circuit includes: a cascade of transmission line elements.

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