NGD investigation on medusa-shape interconnect structure
2021
This paper explains why the electromagnetic coupling between interconnect
main ?-shape and straight I-lines of printed circuit board (PCB) can be source
of bandpass (BP) negative group delay (NGD) behavior. The investigation on
the NGD effect is established from an innovative microstrip circuit having
medusa shape. The medusa topology analytical description is based on the
equivalent circuit and S-matrix model. Then, the group delay (GD) response
enabling to explain the existence of the BP NGD function is defined. As proofof-
concept (POC), the influences of the medusa circuit constituting interconnect
line (IL) lengths and interspaces on the BP NGD behavior are illustrated
by parametric study. The NGD behavior is explained by the variations of the
NGD value and NGD center frequency. More importantly, two NGD medusa
prototypes were designed, fabricated, simulated and tested. The BP NGD
responses of the two-medusa circuit POCs are validated by a very good agreement
between the calculations, simulations and experimentations. The test
results confirm that the medusa circuit POCs generate BP NGD responses with
NGD level and center frequency of about 1.6 ns and 2.76 GHz respectively.
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