Title :
A Compact, Wideband, Phase-Equalized Waveguide Divider/Combiner for Power Amplification
Author :
Bozzi, Maurizio ; Perregrini, Luca ; Deslandes, Dominic ; Wu, Ke ; Conciauro, Giuseppe
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronics, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy. E-mail: bozzi@unipv.it
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of a 5-way H-plane waveguide power divider/combiner, to be used in a multi-device amplifier. The use of a fast and flexible design tool based on the BI-RME method permitted to obtain a very compact structure, performing at once the power division, the input matching and the phase equalization over the frequency band 27 ÷ 30 GHz. The component has been fabricated by a CNC milling machine. No tuning elements have been added and the experimental data are in good agreement with the theoretical results.
Keywords :
Computer numerical control; Frequency conversion; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Power amplifiers; Power dividers; Waveguide components; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003 33rd European
Conference_Location :
Munich, Germany
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2003.340913
