Title :
Observation of chaos in a microwave limiter circuit
Author :
Glenn, Chance M. ; Hayes, Scott
Author_Institution :
US Army LABCOM Harry Diamond Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA
Abstract :
Chaotic behaviour has been observed in a microwave limiter circuit that consists of a shunt p-i-n diode cascaded with a 0.68-dB/MHz rolloff bandpass filter. The chaos manifests itself as a broad-band power spectral density of the output signal. The chaos appears and disappears as the incident power to the limiter circuit is increased, suggesting bifurcations and periodic windows in the chaotic region. Data are included that illustrate classic characteristics of chaos such as period doubling and broad-band spectra.<>
Keywords :
band-pass filters; bifurcation; chaos; microwave circuits; microwave limiters; p-i-n diodes; bandpass filter; bifurcations; broad-band power spectral density; broadband spectra; cascaded configuration; chaos observation; chaotic behaviour; microwave limiter circuit; output signal; period doubling; periodic windows; shunt p-i-n diode; Bandwidth; Bifurcation; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Microwave circuits; P-i-n diodes; Power harmonic filters; RLC circuits; Resonator filters; Shunt (electrical);
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
