Title :
Wideband crossed-guide waveguide directional couplers
Author :
Meyer, P. ; Kruger, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
Crossed-guide X-band waveguide couplers with bandwidths of up to 40% and coupling factors of better than 5 dB are presented. The tight coupling and wide bandwidth are achieved by using reduced height waveguide. Design graphs and measured data are presented.
Keywords :
directional couplers; X-band; bandwidth; coupling factor; design graph; reduced height waveguide; wideband crossed-guide waveguide directional coupler; Africa; Apertures; Bandwidth; Directional couplers; Distributed amplifiers; Frequency; Narrowband; Power amplifiers; Robustness; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4471-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1998.689368