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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2012.23.2.151

H-Plane 8-Way Rectangular Waveguide Power Divider Using Y-Junction  

Lee, Sang-Heun (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon, Ji-Hwan (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon, Young-Joong (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Jun-Yeon (Agency for Defense Development)
Lee, Woo-Sang (Agency for Defense Development)
Park, Seul-Gi (Electronic Warfare R&D Center, LIG Nex1 Co. Ltd.)
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Abstract
This paper proposes a H-plane 8-way rectangular waveguide power divider using Y-junction. A general N-way power divider can be composed of multi-stage T-junctions. However, if the distances of output ports are close, the matching characteristic is not improved by using only T-junctions because of space limitation. In this case, since other types of 3-port junctions should be used to final output stage, Y-junctions are used with T-junctions in this paper. The proposed Y-junction uses the tapered-line impedance transformer and inductive irises to improve impedance matching characteristic. The 8-way power divider using Y-junction is fabricated and measured. The measured return loss and insertion loss from input port to output port are -30.8 dB and -9.3 dB at operating frequency, respectively. The measured maximum phase difference is about $1^{\circ}$. Therefore, the proposed power divider will be useful to apply to various microwave systems, which need to divide the input power equally, such as feed networks for array antennas.
Keywords
Waveguide; H-Plane Power Divider; T-Junction; Y-Junction; Feed Network;
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