Linearity evaluation of optically reconfigurable UWB microstrip bandpass filter

Author

Chakrabarty, Krishnendu ; Rabbi, K. ; Budimir, D. ; Panagamuwa, C.J. ; Vardaxoglou, J.C.

Author_Institution

Wireless Commun. Res. Group, Univ. of Westminster, London, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

786

Lastpage

787

Abstract

This paper presents the evaluation of nonlinear distortion in reconfigurable Ultra-wideband (UWB) filter. An optical switch is used to switch the filter from bandpass to band stop response at the same UWB spectrum. The switch, which comprises of a silicon dice activated using near infrared light is investigated and the filter is evaluated for potential nonlinearity due to the presence of the switch. The filter was tested for nonlinear distortions when the Optical Switch was ON using 5MHz QPSK signal.

Keywords

band-pass filters; band-stop filters; microstrip filters; optical switches; quadrature phase shift keying; QPSK signal; band stop response; frequency 5 MHz; linearity evaluation; near infrared light; nonlinear distortion evaluation; optical switch; optically reconfigurable UWB microstrip bandpass filter; silicon dice; ultrawideband filter; Band-pass filters; Microwave filters; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical switches; Power harmonic filters; Resonator filters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711052

Filename

6711052