Title :
Simulation and design of ridge waveguide coupler
Author :
Wu, Tao ; Wang, Qingyuan ; Jin, Zhao ; Tan, Yicheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
The design of a ridge waveguide coupler and a transition from coaxial line to ridge waveguide are addressed in this contribution, this types of directional couplers are commonly used by their compact size in comparison with other waveguide configurations. The design has been simulated using CST Microwave Studio 3D simulator, the simulation shows that the return loss of ridge waveguide couplers is below -24dB between 5.8GHz and 7.25Ghz, and the isolation is better than 29dB in the design band, the coupling is 7.13±0.2dB, the direct-side power is 0.93±0.02dB. the cross-sectional area of port is 33% of the standard rectangular waveguide, the relative bandwidth is 22%. In order to match the ridge waveguide, this paper presents the design of a transition from coaxial line to ridge waveguide, the return loss is below -22dB in the design band.
Keywords :
coaxial cables; directional couplers; electronic engineering computing; ridge waveguides; solid modelling; CST Microwave Studio 3D simulator; coaxial line; cross-sectional area; design band; directional coupler; frequency 5.8 GHz to 7.25 GHz; rectangular waveguide; return loss; ridge waveguide coupler design; waveguide configuration; Apertures; Bandwidth; Couplers; Couplings; Rectangular waveguides; Solid modeling; Waveguide transitions; couplers; ridge waveguide; wide bandwidth;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology (MMWCST), 2012 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1893-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238110