This paper designs a mesa‐structured monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) limiter working in C‐band. The quasi‐vertical Si‐based PIN diodes are heterogeneously integrated on the SiC substrate with high thermal conductivity, such that the parasitic parameters are greatly reduced and the power capacity is enhanced. According to the measured results, a maximum insertion loss of 1.1 dB and a minimum return loss of 17.69 dB for both input and output terminals are realized to cover the 5–6 GHz frequency range. The flat leakage of 23 dBm is achieved for a 150 W continuous wave and 370 W pulse input signal level. We believe the proposed MMIC limiter provides an effective tool that can be used in the transmit‐receive modules working in C‐band.
This paper proposes a new design of an electromagnetic interference wideband filtering power divider (FPD) with a wide stopband based on the genetic algorithm (GA). A set of data structures is constructed by describing the corresponding connection method between the basic units and their electrical parameters in the three-port design. Then, the GA is used to find the appropriate design topology and electrical parameters, including isolation resistances, to meet FPD specifications by optimizing the data structures. For validation, one prototype is implemented. The results indicate that the new wideband FPD exhibits compact size, sharp roll-off, and good in-band isolations.
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