Research of chirped dispersive delay line based on the dispersion characteristics of microstrip lines

Author

Zhou, Hong-Cheng ; Wang, Bing-Zhong ; Ding, Shuai

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2012

fDate

19-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Based on the dispersion characteristics of microstrip lines and theory of the coupled transmission line, this paper presents a dispersive delay line which works in the transmission mode and could be used in analog signal processing. This paper theoretically and experimentally confirms that desired group delay responses could be achieved by tuning the lengths of cascaded C-sections in the microstrip structure. The optimized structure is simulated by the electromagnetic simulation software CST Microwave Studio, and a satisfied chirped group-delay is achieved ranging from 0.2 GHz to 3.85 GHz. The experimental prototype is a coplanar design integrated on a microstrip substrate with a shielded aluminum lid above it. The dispersion of the cascaded C-sections has been verified by prototype test and its time-domain analysis.

Keywords

microstrip lines; time-domain analysis; transmission line theory; CST Microwave Studio; analog signal processing; cascaded C-section; chirped dispersive delay line; coplanar design; coupled transmission line; dispersion characteristic; electromagnetic simulation software; frequency 0.2 GHz to 3.85 GHz; group delay response; microstrip lines; microstrip structure; microstrip substrate; satisfied chirped group-delay; time-domain analysis; transmission mode; Aluminum; Arrays; Chirp; Delay; Delay lines; Dispersion; Microstrip; Analog signal processing; C-sections; chirped delay; dispersion; microstrip lines; time-domain analysis; transmission mode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology (MMWCST), 2012 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1893-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238177

Filename

6238177