The influence of microwave pulse width on the thermal burnout effect of a PIN diode limiting-amplifying system

This paper analyzes the influence of the microwave pulse width on the thermal burnout effect of a PIN diode limiting-amplifying system. Based on theoretical analyses and simulation, the relationship of the burnout effect on a PIN diode limiter and a PIN diode limiting-amplifying system is obtained first. By adopting an absorption efficiency factor, the theoretical model of the relationship between the microwave pulse width and the burnout power threshold for the PIN diode limiting-amplifying system is obtained. The proposed theoretical formulas can be determined by using at least two sets of simulation or measurement results to fit the constant coefficients, which can greatly reduce the simulation or experimental costs. The results obtained by the theoretical formulas are in good agreement with the numerical simulation results obtained by our self-designed device-circuit joint simulator, which verifies the correction of the theoretical analyses and modeling. The available microwave pulse width range for the proposed theoretical formulas is from 10 ns to 10 μs. In consideration of the potential threat of microwave pulses, the system-level study results obtained in this paper will be helpful for the design of the radio frequency receivers.