A novel method to improve the power capabilities of microwave components

Author

Rui Wang ; Yun Li ; Na Zhang ; Wanzhao Cui ; Ye Ming ; Yongning He

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. on Space Microwave Lab., China Acad. of Space Technol., Xi´an, China

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

459

Abstract

A novel method for the multipactor breakdown inhibiting of microwave components is described in this paper. It is a new surface treatment with regular porous structure on silver plated by the photolithography technique. The influences of the regular porous structure for secondary emission are studied with theoretic analysis and experimental research. The abilities to increase the multipactor power level in a corrugated waveguide and a ridge filter have been validated by simulation. The insertion loss of the microwave components with the regular porous structure surface and multipactor threshold of corrugated waveguide is verified experimentally. Using this method can be improved the power capabilities of microwave components. This is a simple and convenient method with controllable feature in appearance, construction and dimension of the regular porous structure. The components with regular porous structure show low loss property also.

Keywords

electric breakdown; electroplating; filters; losses; microwave switches; photolithography; surface treatment; corrugated waveguide; insertion loss; loss property; microwave components; multipactor breakdown; multipactor power level; multipactor threshold; photolithography technique; porous structure; power capabilities; ridge filter; secondary emission; silver plating; surface treatment; Corrugated surfaces; Microwave filters; Surface morphology; Surface treatment; Surface waves; High Power capabilities; Microwave Components; Multipactor; SEY;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6687884