{"title":"SICARID-TCL a New Microwave System for the Transfer of Informations from the Track to the Wagon in Railway Networks","authors":"F. Becker, W. Mermolia","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332217","url":null,"abstract":"The transfer of information from the railway network to passing locomotives is a very important factor in all systems for automatic train control. Systems with intermittent transfer of information from fixed points to the locomotives offer in addition to the information transfer the advantage of exact locating the locomotive. Thus direct train control without reply to central control points is possible. SICARID-TCL (Train Control and Locating) is such a system operating in a broadband scanning made from 2.9 to 4.05 GHz. By applying MIC-technology with integrated semiconductor chips for the microwave moduls and the latest techniques for the analogue and digital circuitry a failure rate of lower than 10-6 with an information capacity of 1013 bit at high transmission rate is achieved.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124894981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Doppler Speed Sensors for Automotive Applications","authors":"R. Ross, M. Howes","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332218","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of wheel and vehicle speed measurements in automotive antiskid systems is discussed and a microwave doppler radar solution proposed. A straightforward design approach for self-mixing Gunn device radar detectors using a new current waveform approximation is presented allowing simple observation of the effects of device and circuit parameter variations on the overall performance of the detector. The operation of transferred-electron and baritt devices is compared with particular reference to sensitivity and reliability under the strict environmental conditions imposed by the application. The use and performance of fully integrated microstrip circuitry is considered in the light of the cost/performance ratios required in the motor industry, the result being a hybrid integrated circuit with the oscillator, antenna and amplifier located on the same substrate.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115988324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Cooled GaAs Mesfet Amplifier Operating at 12 GHz with 1.6 dB Noise Figure","authors":"C. Liechti, R. B. Larrick, D. Mellor","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332213","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of a three-stage GaAs MESFET amplifier operating in the 11.7 to 12.2 GHz U.S. satellite communication band is characterized between 40°K and 300°K. At room temperature, the noise figure is 5.3 dB (Te=700°K) and the gain is 18 dB. By cooling to 40°K, the noise figure decreases to 1.6 dB (Te=130°K) while the gain increases to 31 dB.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122780551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 26.5-to-40-GHz Planar Balanced Mixer","authors":"U. Gysel","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332119","url":null,"abstract":"The design and performance of a MIC 26.5-40 GHz mixer is described. The mixer utilizes GaAs beam lead Schottky barrier diodes with a cutoff frequency of 750 GHz in a balanced arrangement with slot-line and coplanar waveguide. Conversion loss for the full waveguide band is 7.6 ± 0.5 dB with + 6 dBm LO drive. VSWRs are less than 2:1 for the RF port and 3.4:1 for the LO port. The mixer exhibits excellent LO to RF isolation, typically 25 dB and handles IF frequencies up to 8 GHz.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"52 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114045134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equations for Microstrip Circuit Design","authors":"E. Hammerstad","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332206","url":null,"abstract":"A method for determining the accuracy of computed impedance and wavelength data for microstrip is proposed. It is shown that the standard equations of Wheeler and Schneider have rather large errors. Revised equations for microstrip impedance and wavelength are given both for analysis and synthesis with accuracy better than 1%. A simple, accurate equation for the microstrip open circuit is presented. Experimental data on microstrip T-junctions are compared with existing theories. A new accurate equation is given for the reference plane displacement in the stub arm. Corrections are proposed in the existing equations for the other parameters of the equivalent circuit.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"452 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122162011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Design Techniques for Microstrip Antenna Arrays","authors":"J. James, G. Wilson","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332161","url":null,"abstract":"The radiation resistance of an open-circuit microstrip termination is to a good approximation, a simple function of the strip width thus suggesting a straightforward yet effective means of element control when used in a large array; furthermore the array bandwidth can be controlled to some extent. The design of linear and two dimensional resonant arrays based on this design procedure is formulated and examples at X and J band are outlined; the beamwidths and sidelobe levels are of the order ± 4.5° and -16dB respectively. The extension of the new technique to travelling wave arrays, circular polarisation and various substrates is under investigation and will be mentioned; computational aspects throughout will be discussed.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117108994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microwave Tube Evolution over the Past Decade","authors":"P. Guenard","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332170","url":null,"abstract":"This falloff in the number of microwave-tube communications has not been accompanied by a corresponding reduction in industrial activity, as the sales figures show, but instead illustrates an evolution in the nature of the work going on in this field. In particular, it shows that research activitv has been largely replaced by develoDment2 which by its very nature gives rise to fewer publications. In addition, the publications made over the past decade have been concentrated on the conventional tube models: klystrons, traveling-wave tubes and crossed-field tubes.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123353756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Advances in Radio-Wave Propagation Above 10 GHz","authors":"F. Fedi","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332131","url":null,"abstract":"In this survey attention is focused on attenuation and depolarisation of radiowaves due to rainfall or multipath activity which play a major role in the design of terrestrial digital radio relay systems at these frequencies and which may compromise the possibility of frequency re-use by employing two orthogonally polarised carriers at the same frequency. Re cent theoretical and experimental results are illustrated and prediction methods presently available for system design are reviewed. Research activit ies 'in this sphere under way in Europe are outlined.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"339 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114074064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acoustic Model L-Band Aircraft Antenna Radiation Coverage Questions","authors":"H. Hayre","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332188","url":null,"abstract":"The number and location of cavity-blocked T-slot antenna for a specified radiation coverage on F-102 aircraft were optimized using an acoustic airframe model, and a special 0.2 MHz (thickness mode) spherical transducer to model the antenna. The model results were verified using the full-scale electromagnetic field data obtained at 1775 MHz for circular polarization. This technique is inexpensive, easy and quick to implement, and as exact as the match between the radiation patterns of the transducer and the antenna it represents. Computer simulation usually yields approximate results since surface wave, shadow, and multiple scattering effects cannot be incorporated. Similarly high frequency R.F. modeling, when feasible, is sensitive to model surface roughness, and is not suited for studying antenna location effects.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128005324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power Amplification of Microwave FM Communications Signals using a Phase-Locked Voltage-Tuned Oscillator","authors":"M. Hines, R. Posner, A. Sweet","doi":"10.1109/EUMA.1975.332193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMA.1975.332193","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the use of a \"single-stage\" phase-lock-loop oscillator to provide high gain power amplification of FM communication signals as used in radio relay of multiplex telephone and television. The paper is largely theoretical, dealing with the relationship of the loop parameters to the expected performance. Measured data are also provided for two experimental amplifiers of this type. Both theory and experiment indicate that the technique offers distinct advantages for the intended application compared with multi-stage reflection amplifiers.","PeriodicalId":372159,"journal":{"name":"1975 5th European Microwave Conference","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1975-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132668559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}