Passive Intermodulation in Printed Lines: Effects of Trace Dimensions and Substrate

Alexey Shitvov; Dmitry Zelenchuk; Alexander Schuchinsky; Vincent Fusco

doi:10.1049/iet-map:20070314

Passive Intermodulation in Printed Lines: Effects of Trace Dimensions and Substrate

Alexey Shitvov, Dmitry Zelenchuk, Alexander Schuchinsky, Vincent Fusco

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A comprehensive experimental study was performed to identify and discriminate mechanisms contributing to passive intermodulation (PIM) in microstrip transmission lines. The effects of strip length and width, and substrate materials on PIM performance of printed lines were investigated in the GSM900, DCS1800 and UMTS frequency bands. The major features of the experiment design, sample preparation and test setup are discussed in detail. The measurement results have demonstrated that the PIM level cumulatively grows on the longer microstrip lines and decreases on wider strips and, thus, indicated that the distributed resistive nonlinearity of the printed traces represents the dominant mechanism of intermodulation generation in the printed lines on PTFE-based substrates. © 2009 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-268
Number of pages	9
Journal	IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map:20070314
Publication status	Published - 2009

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