Triple Ladder Lumped Circuit with Sixth Order Modal Exceptional Degeneracy

Abstract

We introduce a circuit topology based on a simple triple-ladder circuit realized with lumped reactive components that provides a sixth order degenerate band-edge (6DBE). The 6DBE is a special kind of sixth-order exceptional point of degeneracy in a lossless and gainless periodic ladder. This degeneracy provides a very flat band edge in the phase-frequency dispersion diagram. The proposed topology exhibits unique structured resonance features associated with a high loaded Q-factor. We investigate the Floquet-Bloch modes in an infinite-length periodic triple-ladder and their dispersion relation using the S parameter formalism. We also provide the approximate analytic expressions of the eigenmodes and dispersion relation around the degenerate point based on the Puiseux series expansion. We investigate the filtering characteristics of a finite-length structure terminated with loads to highlight the special properties of the 6DBE compared to ladders with regular band edge (RBE) and fourth order degenerate band edge (DBE). The circuit framework introduced here with a 6DBE can be exploited in designing novel high Q-factor oscillators, filters, sensors, and pulse shaping networks.

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