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Impedance tuning with photoconductors to 40 GHz

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Jasper A. Drisko, Ari D. Feldman, Franklyn J. Quinlan, James C. Booth, Nathan D. Orloff, Christian J. Long

Abstract

Light has been widely used to control a variety of microwave devices, including switches, antennas, and detectors. Here, we present a photoconductive device integrated into a coplanar waveguide to tune complex impedances at microwave frequencies with applied light. We measured the direct-current current-voltage characteristics of the device as a function of the applied light intensity and fit the behavior to a known model. We also measured the frequency dependent scattering parameters and extracted the device impedances in a Pi-network model. We show wide impedance tunability over the entire frequency range investigated and develop a circuit model to fit the frequency-dependent impedances. This simple device has applications in microwave electronics, microwave metrology, and multi-state calibrations.
Citation
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

microwave switches, antennas, waveform generation, detectors, mixers
Wireless (RF), Electronics, Calibration services, Reference materials and Mobile and wireless networking

Citation

Drisko, J. , Feldman, A. , Quinlan, F. , Booth, J. , Orloff, N. and Long, C. (2019), Impedance tuning with photoconductors to 40 GHz, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=925456 (Accessed April 23, 2024)

Created January 22, 2019, Updated January 27, 2020