Authors: Alhassan Aljarosha
Source: FERMAT,Volume 19,Communication,Jan-Feb,2016
Abstract: A passive power splitter-combiner has been designed in-between two metallic ground plates using gap waveguide technology. The measured insertion loss is smaller than 2.3 dB and the return loss is larger than 10 dB over the entire W-band (75-110 GHz). The design procedure has been detailed and the simulated and measured results for the proposed structure are shown. The designed structure can be used as a passive power splitter or combiner, as a grid amplifier in a back- to-back RF chain, or as a quasi-optical beamforming component in beam steering antenna arrays.
Index Terms: Gap waveguide technology, spatial power combiner, grid amplifiers.
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W-band Spatial Power Combiner........