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2012-10-16
Maximum Bandwidth Performance for an Ideal Lumped-Element Circulator
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 33, 213-227, 2012
Abstract
A procedure based on the analytical model of a lumpedelement, crossover circulator has been developed to maximize its operating bandwidth. The procedure considers the circulator as a network and employs the circulation impedance - the load associated with perfect circulation - as a metric to optimize the bandwidth. Using this procedure, we find that a maximum 194% bandwidth can be obtained for an ideal circulator for any above-FMR range operation. By applying this same procedure to an actual circulator device in 225-400 MHz frequency range, we achieve a 125% bandwidth from a numerical simulation model. We have verified this result from the measurement of a fabricated device; the measured data reveals a bandwidth of 129%.
Citation
Hang Dong, Jeffrey Young, Jacob R. Smith, and Brandon Aldecoa, "Maximum Bandwidth Performance for an Ideal Lumped-Element Circulator," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 33, 213-227, 2012.
doi:10.2528/PIERC12082307
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