A New Integrated Waveguide-Microstrip Transition (Short Papers)

A new waveguide-microstrip transition is described. This design provides wide-band performance (18-26 GHz) and very good reproducibility without the need for variable elements. The circuit is fully integrated on the substrate and the characteristics are much less sensitive to small variations in the dimensions than other known transitions. A narrow-band version has been made for the telecommunication band in particular (17.7-19.7 GHz) with a VSWR less than 1.1 and an attenuation less than 0.25 dB. The design can easily be scaled to other frequencies and is especially useful at frequencies above 10 GHz.