Abstract
Passive intermodulation (PIM) often limits the performance of communication systems, particularly in the presence of multiple carriers. Since the origins of the apparently multiple physical sources of nonlinearity causing PIM in distributed circuits are not fully understood, the behavioural models are frequently employed to describe the process of PIM generation. In this paper, a memoryless nonlinear polynomial model, capable of predicting high-order multi-carrier intermodulation products, is deduced from the third-order two-tone PIM measurements on a microstrip transmission line with distributed nonlinearity. The analytical model of passive distributed nonlinearity is implemented in Keysight Technology’s ADS simulator to evaluate the adjacent band power ratio for three-tone signals. The obtained results suggest that the costly multi-carrier test setups can possibly be replaced by a simulation tool based on the properly retrieved nonlinear polynomial model.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Accepted - 2016 |
| Event | 46th European Microwave Conference - ExCel, London, United Kingdom Duration: 04 Oct 2016 → 06 Oct 2016 Conference number: 46 http://www.eumweek.com/conferences/eumc.html |
Conference
| Conference | 46th European Microwave Conference |
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| Abbreviated title | EuMC 2016 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | London |
| Period | 04/10/2016 → 06/10/2016 |
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Keywords
- Communication nonlinearities
- passive intermodulation
- polynomial model
- nonlinear system characterisation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering