Nonlinear characterisation for microstrip filters with low passive intermodulation
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Shitvov, Alexey; Kozlov, Dmitry
- Source
- 2017 Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMiC) Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMiC), 2017. :1-3 Apr, 2017
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Decision support systems
Microstrip filters
Conferences
Microwave circuits
Printed circuits
Passive filters
Europe
printed circuit boards
microstrip fillers
nonlineairity
passive intermodulation
nonlinear characterisation
- Language
This paper presents an RF CAD assisted approach to accurate characterisation of microstrip nonlinearities in planar microwave circuits fabricated on commercial printed circuit board laminates. The proposed methodology is employed for the analysis of the nonlinear effects in microstrip filters due to weak intrinsic distributed nonlinearity. The results of this study provide useful insights on the optimum design, modelling and characterisation of planar microwave components under linearity constraints.