Title :
A millimeter-wave perpendicular coax-to-microstrip transition
Author :
Morgan, M. ; Weinreb, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel transition from coaxial cable to microstrip is presented in which the coax connector is perpendicular to the substrate of the printed circuit. Such a right-angle transition has practical advantages over more common end-launch geometries in some situations. The design is compact, easy to fabricate, and provides repeatable performance of better than 14 dB return loss and 0.4 dB insertion loss from DC to 40 GHz.
Keywords :
coaxial waveguides; losses; microstrip transitions; millimetre wave couplers; 0 to 40 GHz; 0.4 dB; 14 dB; coax connector; insertion loss; millimeter-wave perpendicular coax-to-microstrip transition; repeatable performance; return loss; right-angle transition; Coaxial components; Conductors; Connectors; Flanges; Frequency; Geometry; Glass; Microstrip; Millimeter wave technology; Printed circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7239-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1011756
