International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / M/A-COM has developed a chip set designed specifically for miniaturized ballistic telemetry
applications. One key component of this chip set is a dual port voltage controlled oscillator (VCO).
This device allows for independent optimization of both modulation and tuning parameters at the
chip level. In the dual port architecture, the modulation port of the VCO may be tailored for the peak
(frequency) deviation requirements of each system, while still permitting the device to tune over
entire SLOWER band. Additionally, M/A-COM has developed S band power amplifiers (PAs) for
medium power (500mW, 1W and 2W) telemetry applications. These new PAs are very efficient,
(>45% PAE) when operated in saturation. This improved efficiency means these components may
be integrated into transmitters with a miniaturized form factor. The excellent thermal performance
of these new PAs allows them to be packaged in commercial plastic packages which are robust in
high shock/high vibration applications. This paper reviews the design of each MMIC device and
presents system performance data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/605357 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Burke, Larry, Osgood, Karina, Muir, John, Dearstine, Christina, Cardullo, Micheal, Fox, Timothy |
| Contributors | M/A-COM, Inc. |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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