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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167133
