Distributed Filtering of Unwanted Signals in Nonlinear Transmission Line Harmonic Generators and Mixers

Author

Payandehjoo, Kasra ; Abhari, Ramesh

Author_Institution

McGill Univ., Montreal, Que.

fYear

2006

fDate

38869

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

228

Abstract

Harmonic generation and wideband distributed mixing by using a nonlinear transmission line is presented. Distributed filtering by periodic loading of the NLTL with resonant circuits is proposed to reject the unwanted signals. A novel method for predicting the stopband of the filter by using the Floquet analysis is proposed in this paper. Circuit simulations are conducted utilizing a harmonic balance simulator. The suggested filtering technique is applied to a frequency doubler to provide a cleaner output signal and to a NLTL mixer for image rejection

Keywords

band-stop filters; circuit simulation; frequency multipliers; harmonic generation; mixers (circuits); transmission lines; Floquet analysis; circuit simulations; distributed filtering; frequency doubler; harmonic balance simulator; image rejection; nonlinear transmission line harmonic generators; periodic loading; resonant circuits; unwanted signals; wideband distributed mixing; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Filtering; Frequency conversion; Inductance; Power harmonic filters; RLC circuits; Signal generators; Transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006 IEEE North-East Workshop on

Conference_Location

Gatineau, Que.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0416-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0417-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEWCAS.2006.250930

Filename

4016961