Pulse Generation Based on a Microstrip Circuit with Fourth Order Degenerate Band Edge

TL;DR

This paper introduces a pulse generation method using a microstrip cavity with a fourth-order degenerate band edge, enabling energy localization and pulse extraction at microwave frequencies.

Contribution

It presents a novel pulse generation scheme leveraging a microstrip waveguide with a fourth-order degenerate band edge for energy localization and pulse extraction.

Findings

Pulse of approximately 0.1 V peak generated

Pulse width of about 1.1 ns achieved

Microstrip waveguide with DBE at 2.86 GHz designed

Abstract

A pulse generation scheme is proposed based on a structured resonance in a cavity where the non-conventional energy distribution is concentrated in its middle part. The cavity is first used as an oscillator during the energy charging step and when a switch is activated the signal is extracted from its center. The key component of the proposed scheme is the periodic microstrip waveguide with a fourth-order degenerate band edge (DBE) of its wavenumber-frequency dispersion diagram. The DBE is an exceptional point degeneracy condition that is responsible for the energy to be localized at the cavity center and that can also have the quality factor easily destroyed by a perturbation. The waveguide is designed to have a DBE frequency of 2.86 GHz and produces pulses of approximately 0.1 V peak and 1.1 ns width.