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Micowave Introduction
Micowave Introduction
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Introduction
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Electromagnetic wave
Electromagnetic
waves are waves
which
can
travel
through the vacuum of
outer
space
Radio
Waves
Micro Waves
Infrared Rays
Visible Light
Ultraviolet
X rays
Gamma Rays
Wavelength
Frequency (Hz)
Gamma ray
< 0.02 nm
> 15 EHz
infinite
X-ray
0.01 nm 10 nm
30 EHz 30 PHz
Ultraviolet
10 nm 400 nm
124 eV 3 eV
1.6
Visible light
390 nm 750 nm
3.2 eV 1.7 eV
0.3
Infrared
750 nm 1 mm
3.1
Microwave
1 mm 1 m
Radio
1 mm 100,000 km
300 GHz 3 Hz
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave
Microwave
Microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths
ranging from one meter (100 cm) to one millimeter(0.1 cm) with
frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz
Microwave sources
High-power microwave sources
Vacuum Tubes
Magnetron
Klystron
Traveling-wave Tube (TWT)
Gyrotron
Low-power microwave sources use solid-state devices
Field-effect Transistor
Tunnel Diodes
Gunn Diodes
IMPATT Diodes
Magnetron
Klystron
Traveling-wave Tube
Gyrotron
Field-effect Transistor
Tunnel Diodes
Gunn Diodes
Wavelength
range
L band
1 to 2GHz
15cm to 30cm
S band
2 to 4GHz
C band
4 to 8GHz
X band
8 to 12GHz
Ku band
12 to 18GHz
K band
18 to
26.5GHz
Typical uses
Cont
Designati Frequency Wavelength
on
range
range
Typical uses
Q band
U band
V band
W band
75 to
110GHz
F band
90 to
140GHz
D band
110 to
170GHz
Microwave Application
1.Communication
Wireless LAN protocols, such as Bluetooth
(Metropolitan area network)MAN protocols, such as WiMAX
(Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access)
Mobile phone networks, like GSM, use the lowmicrowave/high-UHF (1.8 and 1.9GHz)
Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) (1.6
and 2.3GHz)
satellite communications systems operate in the
C, X, Ka, or Ku bands
Cont...
2. Navigation Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) including
Microvan
A
microwave
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oven
radiation
passes
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References
1. http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Microwaves.html
2. http://www.physics.hku.hk/~phys1055/lectures/chap01
.html