Spatial Power Combining and Splitting in Gap Waveguide Technology
Journal article, 2016

A single-layer spatial power splitter-combiner structure is packaged in gap waveguide technology. The measured metal-only back-to-back structure features an average insertion loss less than 2.3 dB and a return loss larger than 10 to 20 dB over the entire 75-110 GHz W-band. The design procedure is outlined and the measured and simulated results are shown to be in good agreement. The structure can be used as a stand-alone power splitter and/or combiner (single-mode, all-excited in-phase channels), a quasi-optical beamformer to excite an array of slot antennas in the top ground plane by ridge gap waveguides, or as a back-to-back RF component in grid amplifier designs.

spatial power combining

Gap waveguide technology

Author

Rob Maaskant

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Waqar Ali Shah

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Ashraf Uz Zaman

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Per-Simon Kildal

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

1531-1309 (ISSN) 15581764 (eISSN)

Vol. 26 7 472-474 7493627

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/lmwc.2016.2574828

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