Radiation Efficiency Limits in Direct Antenna Modulation Transmitters
arXiv:2003.12623 · doi:10.1109/LAWP.2020.3005412
Abstract
Relative bounds on radiation efficiency are established for time-modulated antenna systems where radiation is generated by broadband conduction currents impressed using idealized non-radiating time-varying subsystems, such as those found in direct antenna modulation (DAM) transmitters. Analytical and numerical examples demonstrate that the condition of quasi-resonance, common in nearly all practical direct antenna modulation transmitters, imposes severe restrictions on the otherwise unbounded gains in effective efficiency theoretically achievable by this class of time-modulated transmitters.
5 pages, 6 figures
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