Title :
Relaxation of the multicarrier passive intermodulation specifications of antennas
Author :
Sombrin, J. ; Soubercaze-Pun, Geoffroy ; Albert, Isabelle
Author_Institution :
TeSA, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
Non-analytic behavioral models of passive non linearity presented in 2013 are used to define and propose new specifications for multicarrier passive intermodulation in antennas. A margin of up to 10 dB is obtained in some cases and can be used to relax 2-carrier PIM specifications.
Keywords :
antennas; intermodulation; 2-carrier PIM specifications relaxation; antennas; multicarrier passive intermodulation specifications relaxation; nonanalytic behavioral models; passive intermodulation products; passive nonlinearity; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Computational modeling; Polynomials; Power measurement; PIM; antenna; behavioural model; intermodulation product; measurement; non linearity; slope; specification;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902103
