H-Plane Waveguide In-Phase Power Divider/Combiner With High Isolation Over the WR-3 Band

Autor: Jie Wang, Yun Zhao, Jiang-Qiao Ding
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 9, Pp 22232-22238 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3056475
Popis: A novel H -plane waveguide in-phase power divider (also known as combiner) with high isolation working across full WR-3 band (220-330 GHz) is realized in this paper. This distinctive architecture is designed based on the sum-difference principle of Magic-T, whose E -plane branch (difference port) is matched with an E -plane T-junction. Both effects of processing and assembling uncertainties on this power divider/combiner performance are discussed in detail to display error sensitivity. The physical prototype is split into three blocks and processed by the state-of-the-art computer numerical control (CNC) milling technology. The absorbing materials are housed in the loaded T-junction arms to terminate return wave as well. Compared with the most reported terahertz waveguide power couplers, the meaningful measured results of this advanced in-phase power divider are delivered. The input and output matching as well as high isolation have been obtained over full WR-3 band, when an 11 dB reference level is considered. A total insertion loss of about 1.2 dB is achieved including three straight waveguides having a total length of 30 mm, which is also in good agreement with simulations. This module, which is fully compatible with the standard CNC-milling technique, can be directly integrated to terahertz detection systems.
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