Title :
Effect of digitally modulated signals on multipactor breakdown
Author :
Sounas, A.L. ; Mosig, Juan R. ; Mattes, Michael
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Electromagn. & Acoust. (LEMA), Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper studies the effect of digitally modulated signals on the evolution of the multi-paction phenomenon. Multipactor is numerically analyzed in a parallel plates waveguide for a variety of common digital modulation techniques. Breakdown power thresholds and the temporal evolution of the particle population are computed. Results demonstrate that the phenomenon may be remarkably affected depending on the applied modulation scheme.
Keywords :
electric breakdown; microwave switches; modulation; numerical analysis; signal processing; waveguides; breakdown power thresholds; digital modulation techniques; digitally modulated signals; microwave breakdown; multipaction phenomenon; multipactor breakdown; numerical analysis; parallel plates waveguide; temporal particle population evolution; Density measurement; Phase shift keying; Power system measurements; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Sociology; Statistics; digital modulation; microwave breakdown; multipactor;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
