| Pat.#5227621: | Ultra-wideband high power photon triggered frequency independent radiator | ||
| INVENTORS: | Kim; Anderson H., Toms River, NJ | ||
| Didomenico; Leo D., Spotswood, NJ | |||
| Weiner; Maurice, Ocean, NJ | |||
| Jasper, Jr.; Louis J., Fulton, MD | |||
| Youmans; Robert J., Brick, NJ | |||
| Koscica; Thomas E., Clark, NJ | |||
| ASSIGNEES: | The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC | ||
| ISSUED: | July 13, 1993 | ||
| FILED: | Sep. 18, 1992 | ||
| ABSTRACT: A photoconductive switch coupled to an energy storage device wherein the tch is comprised of photoconductive semiconductor material while the energy storage device comprises two quasi-radial transmission line including a different material, i.e. a dielectric storage medium. The photoconductive semiconductor gallium arsenide switch is electrically connected to two quasi-radial transmission lines formed in part by layers of metallization configured in a quasi-radially shaped pattern upon the energy storage device. A variation comprises a photoconductive semiconductor gallium arsenide wafer sandwiched between two quasi-radial transmission lines so that the semiconductor gallium arsenide wafer serves as substrate, energy storage medium, and photoconductive switch. | |||