research on the effect of high power microwave on low noise amplifier and limiter based on the injection method研究高功率微波低噪声放大器和限幅器基于注入法.pdf

J. Electromagnetic Analysis Applications, 2010, 2: 111-115 doi:10.4236/jemaa.2010.22016 Published Online February 2010 (www.SciRP.org/journal/jemaa) Research on the Effect of High Power Microwave on Low Noise Amplifier and Limiter Based on the Injection Method 1 1 1 2 Dong Chen , Liming Xu , Bisheng Zhang , Hongge Ma 1 2 Naval Academy of Armament, Beijing, China; Institute of Applied Electronics, CAEP, Mianyang, China. Email: lieutengin_cd@ st rd th Received September 21 , 2009; revised November 3 , 2009; accepted November 9 , 2009. ABSTRACT The reliability of electronic device is threatened in high power microwave (HPM) environment. In accordance with the situation that the emulation is ineffective in evaluating the accuracy and precision of the HPM effect to electronic de- vice, the experimental method is used to resolve the problem. Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) and Limiter are selected as the objects for the experiments, the structural characteristic of the front-end of radar receiver is described, the phe- nomena and criterion are elaborated and analyzed using injection method due to its ability to get an accurate threshold avoiding the complex coupling, the basic principle of injection experiment is demonstrated, and the method and process of effect experiment about Low Noise Amplifier and Limiter are also explained. The experimental system is established, and the system is composed of low power microwave source such as TWT, test equipment for obtaining the effect pa- rameters, and some of auxiliary equipments as camera, optical microscope or electron microscopy, attenuator, detector, and directional coupler etc. The microwave delivered from source is adjusted to the power infused by attenuator, and pour in