Design and measurement of metallic post-wall waveguide components

Author

Coenen, Teis J. ; Bekers, Dave J. ; Tauritz, Joseph L. ; Van Vliet, Frank E.

Author_Institution

TNO Defence, Security & Safety, The Hague, Netherlands

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

264

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the design and measurement of a set of metallic post-wall waveguide components for antenna feed structures. The components are manufactured on a single layer printed circuit board and excited by a grounded coplanar waveguide. For a straight transmission line, a 90deg H-plane bend, and a H-plane T-junction, we compare measurements with simulations obtained from commercial software. In a next phase, the set of test components will be used to validate a software tool for component analysis. This tool is based on our own numerical method and will be integrated with a circuit simulator.

Keywords

antenna feeds; coplanar waveguides; printed circuits; H-plane T-junction; H-plane bend; antenna feed structure; circuit simulator; grounded coplanar waveguide; metallic post-wall waveguide component; numerical method; single layer printed circuit board; transmission line; Antenna accessories; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Circuit simulation; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Manufacturing; Printed circuits; Transmission line measurements; Waveguide components;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165683

Filename

5165683