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Phase control system concepts and simulations. [solar power satellite system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Lindsay, V. C. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | A phase control system concept for a solar power satellite is proposed which partitions the system into three major levels. The first level of phase control consists of a reference phase distribution system implemented in the form of phase distribution tree structure. The major purpose of the tree structure is to electronically compensate for the phase shift due to the transition path lengths from the center of the spacetenna to each phase control center located in each subarray. In the reference system, this is accomplished using the master slave returnable timing system technique. The second level of phase control consists of the beam steering and microwave power generating system which houses the power transponders. This transponder consists of a set of phase conjugation multipliers driven by the reference phase distribution system output and the output of a pilot spread spectrum receiver which accepts the received pilot via a diplexer connected to a separate receive horn or the subarray itself. The output of the phase conjugation circuits serve as inputs to the third level of the phase control system. The third level of phase control is associated with maintaining an equal and constant phase shift through the microwave power amplifier devices while minimizing the associated phase noise effects on the generated power beam. This is accomplished by providing a phase locked loop around each high power amplifier. |
| File Size | 163690 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820014852 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9p31pt1d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energy Production And Conversion Phased Arrays Phase Locked Systems Multipliers Microwave Transmission Phase Shift Microwave Equipment Power Amplifiers Phase Control Computerized Simulation Transponders Solar Power Satellites Phase Conjugation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
