Calculation and Verification of Passive Intermodulation Caused by Electrothermal Coupling on Microstrip Transmission Line[J]. 2018, 52(2): 58-62+109.
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Calculation and Verification of Passive Intermodulation Caused by Electrothermal Coupling on Microstrip Transmission Line[J]. 2018, 52(2): 58-62+109.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb201802009.
Calculation and Verification of Passive Intermodulation Caused by Electrothermal Coupling on Microstrip Transmission Line
A nonlinear transmission line model of microstrip based on electrothermal coupling effect is proposed to overcome the defects such as single variable and lack of physical mechanism analysis in traditional point source model of microstrip. First
a 3rd order nonlinear resistance parameter is introduced into the traditional transmission line model
and a method to calculate third order passive intermodulation(PIM)power is established. Then
electrothermal coupling effect is considered to explain nonlinear origin in microstrip and a mathematical expression of the nonlinear resistance parameter is given. The relationship of PIM power with line width and frequency is revealed through combining the change of current density Finally
experiments are implemented and experimental results agree well with the theoretical calculation The rationality of the theory is verified. Calculation and experimental results show that compared with the traditional nonlinear point source model the nonlinear transmission line model combined with electrothermal coupling effect is more perfect to the calculation and analysis of intermodulation. The new model reveals the relationship between PIM power and more parameters such as microstrip line width
frequency
input power
etc of the microstrip line in addition to the length of the microstrip line. The new model is more comprehensive in applications of PIM analysis and prediction.
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