• DocumentCode
    726244
  • Title

    Tuning limits of shunt varactor diodes for maintaining high OIP3 in arbitrary circuits

  • Author

    Allen, Wesley N. ; Peroulis, Dimitrios

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    17-22 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    For the first time, an analytical formula is presented for calculating the OIP3 of any arbitrary circuit with a single shunt varactor diode. Additionally, numerical calculation of the limits on varactor tuning range when a specific OIP3 is desired is discussed, and a commercial varactor is found to maintain 44% of its tuning range with a OIP3 > 37 dBm.
  • Keywords
    circuit tuning; passive networks; varactors; arbitrary circuits; high OIP3; passive circuits; shunt varactor diodes; varactor tuning range; Distortion; Semiconductor diodes; Varactor; diode; distortion; passive circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167133
  • Filename
    7167133
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=726244