2011-04-12
Chaotic Behavior in Receiver Front-End Limiters
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 23, 19-28, 2011
Abstract
A delay nonlinear differential equation is proposed to investigate the condition of the microwave chaotic behavior existing between the antenna and the front-end protection circuit of a receiver such as the radar front-end limiter circuit. This investigation concerns the case of intentional or unintentional signals applied to the antenna outside of its bandwidth. Bifurcation diagrams show that the chaotic behavior appears for antenna impedance up to 10 Ω and for amplitudes greater than 1.2 V. Electrical simulation results agree well with theoretical ones.
Citation
François Caudron, Achour Ouslimani, Rene Vezinet, and Abed-elhak Kasbari, "Chaotic Behavior in Receiver Front-End Limiters," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 23, 19-28, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIERL11020305
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