Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
To properly point and form the SPS microwave power beam, the outputs of the power amplifiers in the transmitting array must be phased in a specific and coherent fashion. The purpose of the SPB phase control system is to bring this about reliably. A number of different phase control schemes were studied. The one selected for the SPS baseline system is a retrodirective CW phase that is distributed via fiber optics. The basis of this selection is relative technical simplicity and requisite assurance of success.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
NASA. Johnson Space Center Workshop on Microwave Power Transmission and Reception; p 100-109
Format:
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