Abstract

An empirical modeling of contact nonlinearity-induced intermodulation (IM) effect on the coaxial connector is presented in this article. The IM weights on inner and outer conductors are clarified using the measurement method. The contact degeneration-induced IM evolution is quantized by considering the contact coupling effect between the inner and outer conductors. This article demonstrated a set of test methods to quantify the oxide-induced nonlinearity with contact degeneration effects, and these methods can evaluate the contact IM products and further predict the low IM lifetime of passive devices.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Comments

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant 61901296

Keywords and Phrases

Coaxial connectors; contact degeneration; passive intermodulation (IM); unstable nonlinearity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1557-9662; 0018-9456

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jul 2020

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