Title :
Design constraints in conical line power combiners
Author :
De Villiers, Dirk I L ; van der Walt, P.W. ; Meyer, Petrie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract :
A study is presented on the constraints on the size of conical line power combiners. The constraints are imposed by the occurrence of higher order modes which cause unpredictable behavior in electrically large structures. A simple method is presented to estimate the maximum size of the combining structure to ensure predictable transverse electromagnetic mode behavior.
Keywords :
power combiners; transmission lines; conical line power combiner; higher order modes; transverse electromagnetic mode behavior; Cutoff frequency; Filtering theory; Microwave theory and techniques; Power combiners; Power transmission lines; Probes; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2010 Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Guzelyurt
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7241-3
DOI :
10.1109/MMW.2010.5605205
