Static and dynamic control of limiting threshold in plasma-based microstrip microwave power limiter

Static and dynamic control of the limiting threshold in a very low-loss plasma-based microstrip power limiter is investigated in order to prevent receivers from being threatened by high-power microwave (HPM). An analytic model of the microstrip circuit is proposed to derive the influence of its design on the limiting threshold of the microwave power limiter. Experimental results are in good agreement with those expected. Finally, an original approach to allow discrete limiting threshold tunability is presented and validated experimentally.

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