A passive double-layer microstrip array for the construction of millimeter-wave spatial power-combining amplifiers

Author

Ivanov, Toni ; Ortiz, Sean ; Mortazawi, Amir ; Schlecht, Erich ; Hubert, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

7

Issue

11

fYear

1997

fDate

11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

365

Lastpage

367

Abstract

A passive double-layer microstrip array for the construction of millimeter-wave quasioptical amplifiers has been demonstrated. A total insertion loss of 3.1 dB was measured for a 138 element divider/combiner at 35.1 GHz. The 3-dB bandwidth is larger than 1 GHz. The array incorporates microstrip-slot-microstrip transitions with an insertion loss of 0.2 dB at the design frequency and microstrip patch antennas with an estimated efficiency of approximately 72%

Keywords

microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave devices; 0.2 dB; 1 GHz; 3.1 dB; 35.1 GHz; 72 percent; insertion loss; microstrip patch antenna; microstrip-slot-microstrip transition; millimeter-wave spatial power-combining quasioptical amplifier; passive double-layer microstrip array; Antenna measurements; Circuits; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; MMICs; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave measurements; Patch antennas; Power amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.641422

Filename

641422