Triple-Band Concurrent Reconfigurable Matching Network

De Mingo, J (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Carro, PL (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garcia-Ducar, P (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Valdovinos, A (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Reconfigurable Matching Networks (RMN) have found a wide range of applications, such as antenna impedance matching (Antenna Tuning Units -ATU-), the design of reconfigurable power amplifiers, applications in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), adjustable low noise amplifier design, etc. In this paper, we propose the experimental design and verification of a reconfigurable impedance synthesis network that can simultaneously work in three different bands and is completely independent so that the impedance variations in a frequency band are approximately transparent to the rest. The variable elements used in this paper are varactors. To verify its operation, it is applied to a process of matching a laser modulator in three different frequency bands for C-RAN (Cloud Radio Access Networks) applications. Experimental results demonstrate, as expected, that losses may depend on the state in which they are driven. Consequently, a state that can guarantee a good match could also imply greater losses, leading to a certain trade-off. The application of genetic algorithms in this context points out that it may be convenient to optimize the insertion losses of the complete chain instead of the return losses.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094028

Año: 2021

Publicado en: IEEE Access 9 (2021), 96711-96721
ISSN: 2169-3536

Factor impacto JCR: 3.476 (2021)

Categ. JCR: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS rank: 79 / 163 = 0.485 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 43 / 92 = 0.467 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 105 / 274 = 0.383 (2021) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.7 - Engineering (Q1) - Computer Science (Q1) - Materials Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.927 - Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T31-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RTI2018-095684-B-100

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)
Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Telemática (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)