Theoretical investigation of microwave breakdown ignition in OMUX filters. A 3D numerical modeling approach.

Kamel Frigui (1) , Dominique Baillargeat (1) , Serge Verdeyme (1) , Stéphane Bila (1) , Alain Catherinot (2) , J. Puech (3) , D. Pacaud , J.J. Herren

1 MINACOM
2 Axe 2 : procédés de traitements de surface
3 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

A description of microwave breakdown in output multiplexer filter is presented in this paper. Such a phenomenon can affect the device and cause irreversible damage. It is so necessary to be able to predict the power level which can generate such a microwave breakdown. To study this problem, a multidisciplinary approach with a combination of three fields of science was used: electromagnetic, thermal transfer theory and plasma physics. In this paper new 1D and 3D numerical investigations of microwave breakdown in OMUX filters are presented

Kamel Frigui, Dominique Baillargeat, Serge Verdeyme, Stéphane Bila, Alain Catherinot, et al.. Theoretical investigation of microwave breakdown ignition in OMUX filters. A 3D numerical modeling approach.. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, IMS 2008, Jun 2008, Atlanta, United States. pp.735-738, ⟨10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4632937⟩. ⟨hal-00358372⟩