Design of a waveguide dual-mode three-way power divider for dual-polarization beam forming networks at Ka-band

Author

Fonseca, Nelson ; Petrolati, Daniele ; Angeletti, P.

Author_Institution

Antenna & Sub-Millimetre Wave Sect., Eur. Space Agency/ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

1096

Lastpage

1097

Abstract

This paper presents the design and performance of a dual-mode 3-way power divider optimized for dual-polarization operation at Ka-band. Similar performance are obtained for the TE₁₀ and TE₀₁ modes with a well-balanced power division over the three output ports and input matching better than -23 dB over the frequency range 27.5-30.0 GHz. In combination with dual-mode directional couplers, this three-way power divider is of great interest for the design of dual-polarization beam forming networks.

Keywords

array signal processing; polarisation; power dividers; waveguide couplers; Ka-band; TE₀₁ modes; TE₁₀ modes; dual-mode 3-way power divider; dual-mode directional couplers; dual-polarization beam forming networks; dual-polarization operation; frequency 27.5 GHz to 30 GHz; input matching; power division; waveguide dual-mode three-way power divider; Couplings; Directional couplers; Microwave theory and techniques; Ports (Computers); Power dividers; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711208

Filename

6711208