Title :
A Novel Approach for a Periodic Structure Shielded Microstrip Line to Rectangular Waveguide Transition
Author :
Poprawa, Florian ; Ziroff, Andreas ; Ellinger, Frank
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG Corp. Technol. PS7, Munich
Abstract :
A microstrip line to rectangular waveguide transition at 77 GHz is presented in this paper. The transition based on a resonant slot aperture is processed on a metal reinforced soft substrate. A periodically structured shield is used to suppress the emissions and the parallel plate modes which helps to increase the performance of the transition. The simple fabrication enables the design of low cost radar modules on a PCB substrate with a rectangular waveguide interface.
Keywords :
microstrip transitions; periodic structures; rectangular waveguides; frequency 77 GHz; metal reinforced soft substrate; microstrip line; parallel plate modes; periodically structured shield; rectangular waveguide transition; resonant slot aperture; Costs; Microstrip; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Periodic structures; Probes; Radar; Rectangular waveguides; Resonance; Waveguide transitions; microstrip transitions; millimeter wave technology; parallel plate waveguides; periodic structures; waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium, 2007. IEEE/MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0688-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380572
