[AMPS] new transistors for UHF power

John Lyles jtml@lanl.gov
Sat, 23 May 1998 20:36:10 -0600


>>Westinghouse (now Northrup-Grumman) in Baltimore, MD, has made silicon
>>carbide junction transistors that can operate around 200 deg C
>>junction T
>>(i think that's correct). Now that makes transistors compete with
>>thermionics (tubes) at least with respect to outer temperature.
>>John
>>K5PRO
>
>At what frequencies John?

UHF television band

Harris Broadcast has a web site that shows the LDMOS and Silicon Carbide XMTRs.

http://www.broadcast.harris.com/
Then go to TV RF page, and then to the DIAMOND CD SERIES UHF SOLID STATE
TRANSMITTER page.


John
K5PRO



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