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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2011.60.7.1385

Design of a Broadband Microwave Power Divider/Combiner using Coaxial-Conical-Radial Transmission Line Conversion  

Choi, Young-Kyu (신라대 공대 전자공학과)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.60, no.7, 2011 , pp. 1385-1390 More about this Journal
Abstract
A coaxial-conical-radial transmission line conversion circuits have been investigated to realize a low loss high performance microwave power divider/combiner. In order to optimize the characteristics of the device, the power divider/combiner was designed separately with two parts-the inner part and the outer part. Utilizing the rectangular approximation of the outer part, we can design the low loss device which is not affected by the partition number N of the outer part. The small return loss which is lower than 20dB was obtained on the frequency range of 5.15GHz(7.45~12.60GHz). A conical connector was employed for smooth connection between the central coaxial line and the outer radial line. Making use of the $47^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$ 2-stage conical connector, the return loss lower than 30dB was obtained on the operating frequency range of 5GHz. The total return loss of the designed divider/combiner was lower than 20dB on the frequency range of 5GHz for the partition number N=11, N=12 and N=16.
Keywords
Power divider/combiner; Microwave amplifie; Conical-radial conversion; Ansoft HFSS;
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