Title :
A Novel Uniplanar Transition Coplanar Waveguide to Rectangular Waveguide
Author :
Nagy, Oliver ; Heide, Patric ; Kerssenbrock, Thomas v. ; Springer, Andreas ; Weigel, Robert
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, D-81730 Munich, Germany, email: oliver.nagy@ieee.org, Phone: ++49 89 636 48230, Fax: ++49 89 636 46881
Abstract :
For communication modules a rectangular waveguide interface is often required. A novel transition between a rectangular waveguide and a coplanar waveguide is presented in this paper. The transition is fully uniplanar, making it very interesting for module applications. The benefits are the fairly simple manufacturing process and the reduced effort on the substrate side since no vias are needed. An insertion loss of 1.2 dB is obtained with broadband behavior over the waveguide frequency range.
Keywords :
Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Costs; MMICs; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave technology; Rectangular waveguides; Slotline; Waveguide transitions; Coplanar waveguide; rectangular waveguide; transition; uniplanar;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European
Conference_Location :
London, England
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.2001.339021