Broadband characterization of SMA connectors by measurements

Author

Magerl, Marko ; Mandic, Tvrtko ; Baric, Adrijan

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng. & Comput., Univ. of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 May 2014

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

109

Abstract

This paper presents the characterization of various types of SubMiniature version A (SMA) connectors. The characterization is performed by measurements in frequency and time domain. The SMA connectors are mounted on microstrip (MS) and conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CPW-CB) manufactured on high-frequency (HF) laminates. The designed characteristic impedance of the transmission lines is 50 Ω and deviation from the designed characteristic impedance is measured. The measurement results suggest that for a given combination of the transmission line and SMA connector, the discontinuity in terms of characteristic impedance can be significantly improved by choosing the right connector type.

Keywords

coplanar waveguides; microstrip couplers; waveguide couplers; SMA connector; broadband characterization; conductor backed coplanar waveguide; microstrip mounted SMA; subminiature version-A connector; Connectors; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Insertion loss; Laminates; Loss measurement; Transmission line measurements; SMA connector; characterization; conductor-backed coplanar waveguide; measurement; microstrip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO), 2014 37th International Convention on

Conference_Location

Opatija

Print_ISBN

978-953-233-081-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIPRO.2014.6859542

Filename

6859542