Nonlethal smallvessel stopping with high power microwave technology a variety of environments, including reverberation and anechoic chambers, and openair testing. Effects of highpower microwave pulses on electronic systems. The plas potential breakthrough in highpower microwave. The development of modern electronic technology, especially the continuous breakthrough of the key technologies in microelectronics in recent years have made. However, the technology that tesla applied had to be. High power electromagnetic pulse generation techniques and high power microwave technology have matured to the point where practical ebombs electromagnetic bombs are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both strategic and tactical information warfare. Generation and application of high power microwaves scottish graduate series cairns, r. Pulsed power driven highpower microwave sources article pdf available in proceedings of the ieee 927. Potential applications of this technology include weapons that target personnel, missiles, vehicles, and optical devices. Effective early defensive laser weapons plus defensiveoffensive railguns could be deployed in the early 2020s, while multiplatform high power but compact laser weapons could be realized in the 2030s. Pyrowaves patented microwave catalytic depolymerization technology provides the most advanced highpower microwave technology worldwide, now at the forefront of a new revolution designed to increase resource efficiency. Abstract high power electromagnetic pulse generation techniques and high power microwave technology have led to the development of the concept of ebombs electromagnetic bombs which are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both strategic and t actical information warfare.
Electrical engineering high power microwave sources and technologies a volume in the ieee press series on rf and microwave technology roger d. High power cw our family of solidstate power amplifiers sspas utilizes proprietary technology and a proven building block approach that enables rapid customization to specific requirements. The electromagnetic frequency spectrum for this area ranges from the low megahertz to the high gigahertz frequencies 1 x 106hertz to 1 x 1011hertz. From world war ii radar to microwave popcorn, the cavity. Generation and application of high power microwaves scottish graduate series. Inverter technology panasonic uses proprietary inverter technology in most of its microwave ovens.
Pdf modern digital electronics are of increased sensibility against electromagnetic radiation in the lower ghz range. Bryants history of microwave technology pdf, subscription required, over 200 papers on splitanode magnetrons were published worldwide prior to 1940. Pdf a brief technology survey of highpower microwave. Generation and application of high power microwaves, eds. The duty factor is indicated on the diagonal lines.
Pulsed power is the technology that converts some prime power source whether the line voltage in the laboratory, jet turbine on an aircraft, or a battery pack on an unmanned drone into a short, properly tailored, high voltage pulse. The gyrotron is a powerful source of coherent radiation that has experienced significant improvement since its invention. Nonlethal smallvessel stopping with highpower microwave. To the authors knowledge the best power added efficiency pae reported to date from a power amplifier at 2 ghz is 80% for output power of 16. In recent years, the modern battlefield has become a target rich environment for high power microwave weapons.
Mar 26, 2008 high altitude electromagnetic pulse hemp and high power microwave hpm devices. A fiveyear program comprising several coordinated research efforts was devoted to increasing understanding and developing capabilities for computational modeling of the effects of highpower microwave hpm radiation upon electronic circuits and upon systems that comprise or include electronic circuits. A new video cleared by the defense department shows raytheons phaser high power microwave hpm weapon in a demonstration at the u. Phaser microwave weapon the air force is deploying phaser. Home made active denial system directed energy weapon. High power microwave plasma system mks instruments. A directedenergy weapon dew is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy, including laser, microwaves and particle beams. The concentration of ions and radicals in the microwave plasma is extremely high, therefore, it enables maximum etching rates. Pdf high power microwave technologies for vehicle integration. Army fires center of excellence at fort sill, oklahoma.
Narrowband devices are called high power microwave hpm weapons, although hpm is sometimes used to describe all microwave weapon technology. High power electromagnetic pulse generation techniques and high power microwave technology have matured to the point where practical ebombs electromagnetic bombs are becoming technically. The worldclass design team understands the tradeoffs between gaas versus gan and fet versus mmic to quickly achieve the right design for the right problem. Miniature highpower microwave systems based on explosive. Techeee student of vikas college of engg and tech,india. High powered microwaves hpm include two primary technologies.
Militarys greatest strengths, integration of technology, may soon turn. Generation and application of high power microwaves scottish. Mar 11, 2017 since the early 1990s, huang has engaged in research related to hpm weapons, under the aegis of the northwest institute of nuclear technologys key laboratory of highpower microwave technology. National key laboratory of antennas and microwave technology. Microwave power transmission a next generation power. High power microwaves on the future battlefield dtic.
This is another variation of technology in which microwaves supply energy to create a plasma. Rinehart prepared by sandia national laboratories albuquerque, new mexico 87185 and livermore, california 94550 sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by sandia corporation, a lockheed martin company, for the united states department of. Threat assessments summary electromagnetic pulse emp is an instantaneous, intense energy field that can. L band 1 to 2 ghz long military telemetry, gps, atc radar s band 2 to 4 ghz short weather radar, surface ship radar, microwave ovens, microwave devicescommunications.
High power microwave technology and effects university of. Implementation of high power microwave technology in military. The panasonic nnsn65kb is a high powered, fullsized, inverter microwave with almost every capability one could ask for, including different power settings that allow you to do things like draw. Threat assessments summary electromagnetic pulse emp is an instantaneous, intense energy field that can overload or disrupt at a distance numerous electrical systems and high technology microcircuits, which are especially sensitive to power surges. The parameters used to characterize these systems include frequency, energy, average power, peak power, fluence, bandwidth, pulse width, dwell time and numerous others. Highpowered microwave ray gun can stall cars, trucks.
Relativistic backward wave oscillators rbwo are one of the most prominent highpower microwave hpm devices due to their high peak power capabilities and range of operational frequencies 1 2. Figure 1 presents a plot of peak power from the waveform envelope vs. Today gyrotrons are capable of delivering hundreds of kilowatts of power at microwave and millimeter wavelengths, and they have important applications ranging from the electron cyclotron resonance heating of fusion plasmas to industrial and scientific applications and. Except for the standard rifle, gun, knife, or grenade, virtually all military equipment contains some electronics. The technology that is used to drive such sources has its roots in pulsed power. All help identify different, effective waveform parameters such as frequency, pulse width, rise time, and required power or energy on target. Pollard and richard booton, series editors written by a prolific group of leading researchers, high power microwave sources and technologies focuses primarily on the high power microwave hpm technology most appropriate for military applications. It employs a high power radio frequency technology, which was developed over the past two. High altitude electromagnetic pulse hemp and high power microwave hpm devices. High altitude electromagnetic pulse hemp and high power.
Apr 26, 2018 a 2012 defense technical information center document, multifrequency radiofrequency rf vehicle stopper pdf describes the technology behind the system. Another major breakthrough was achieved in 1899 to transmit 108 volts of high frequency electric power over a distance of 25 miles to light 200 bulbs and run an electric motor 16. Conventional microwave sources range from those devices used in communications to the highest average power devices used in linear colliders. The activated parts are the best to be processed immediately by consecutive treatment but they can be.
High power gan amplifier for high efficiency applications. High power microwave plasma source mks instruments. Behavioral effects of high peak power microwave pulses. Chinas progress with directed energy weapons by richard d. In this article, hpm is an abbreviation of high power. Implementation of high power microwave technology in. Overview the high power microwave plasma system features the high power microwave plasma source, generator with isolator and autotuning system comprised of the precision power detector and smartmatch unit. The proposed power amplifier design has a measured drain efficiency of 73%, and power added efficiency of 64% across 2.
A brief technology survey of high power microwave sources. Pulsed powerdriven highpower microwave sources article pdf available in proceedings of the ieee 927. High power microwave technology and its military implications. The high power microwave plasma source is capable of igniting in multiple process gases, over a wide operating range with performance benefits in current and emerging applications such as, high throughput photoresist removal, advanced surface cleaning and conditioning, as well as, advanced deposition applications at the atomic level. The counterelectronics high power microwave advanced missile project champ is an unmanned system capable of flying into a contested area and disabling an adversarys electronic systems.
Model sparameter freq range ghz dc power w to maintain im3 gain typ. Microwave power transmission a next generation power transmission system 1m. Miniature high power microwave systems based on explosivedriven high voltage ferroelectric generators jason baird and sergey i. Highpower microwaves hpm can be used to intentionally dis turb or destroy electronic. Nov 11, 2016 a new video cleared by the defense department shows raytheons phaser highpower microwave hpm weapon in a demonstration at the u. The next is the microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation maser which uses millimeter wave technology. Invisible to the human eye, these frequencies range from wavelengths of 0. It begins with a discussion of the concepts involved in. Specifically, could high power rf microwave systems become an effective defense against our standoff cruise missile and stealth technology and if so, could an adversary develop and 3.
Ultra high frequency television broadcasts, microwave oven, microwave devices and communications, radio astronomy, mobile phones, wireless lan, bluetooth. Difference between traditional and inverter microwave ovens traditional microwave ovens conventional microwaves ovens use power transformers to increase the household line voltage 120 vac at 60 hz to a level high enough to operate the magnetron. Review of research on high power microwave weapons griffith. High voltage capacitors, together with fast switching techniques, are typically used to accomplish this.
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