• DocumentCode
    902846
  • Title

    A Near-Optimum Matching Section without Discontinuities

  • Author

    Hecken, Rudolf P.

  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1972
  • fDate
    11/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    734
  • Lastpage
    739
  • Abstract
    The optimum tapered matching section requires impedance steps at the taper ends, which exclude in most cases its application for synthesizing waveguide tapers. A new "near" optimum design is described which avoids the impedance steps and yields tapers only a fractional part longer in taper length (or narrower in bandwidth) than the exactly optimum taper. A table of values of a transcendental function has been calculated to simplify the synthesis. An example compares both types of matching sections.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Differential equations; Electromagnetic reflection; Electromagnetic waveguides; Helium; Impedance; Passband; Riccati equations; Transmission lines; Waveguide theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1972.1127862
  • Filename
    1127862