Design and characterization of W-band components in planar technology

Author

Rebollo, Ainara ; Maestrojuán, Itziar ; Larumbe-Gonzalo, Belén ; Gonzalo, Ramón ; Ederra, Iñigo

Author_Institution

Electr. & Electron. Eng. Dept., Public Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

968

Lastpage

971

Abstract

This paper describes the design and characterization of the components which compose a W-band broadband and differential RF front-end configuration in planar technology which could be used for radiometer receivers. The main advantages of this configuration are the high sensitivity due to the minimization of the gain and noise temperature fluctuations of any amplifier, and the capability of the system to be easily calibrated given that the outputs are the amplified RF and reference signal with the same contribution of noise. Moreover, each component has been characterized by means of an inline microstrip to WR10 transition covering the full W-band.

Keywords

microstrip couplers; microstrip transitions; radio receivers; radiometers; W-band components; amplified RF signal; broadband RF front-end configuration; differential RF front-end configuration; inline microstrip to WR10 transition; noise temperature fluctuations; planar technology; radiometer receivers; reference signal; Antenna accessories; Broadband antennas; Couplers; Microstrip; Radio frequency; Receivers; Slot antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206121

Filename

6206121