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This work presents a 10-way Ku-band power divider using a mode transducer and a radial junction connected by an overmoded circular waveguide operating in the TM01 mode. The circular symmetry of this mode has been exploited to obtain a power divider with the rectangular output ports radially distributed along the broad wall of the waveguides in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$H$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-plane configuration. This topology provides the same amplitude and phase for all the output ports. At the same time, a compact profile has been obtained, introducing a simple manufacturing for the two components of the divider. The first component is a mode transducer converting the TE10 mode in the rectangular waveguide to the TM01 mode in the circular waveguide. It is based on a novel topology providing a very high purity in the mode conversion with an attenuation for the other propagating mode, the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11c}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, higher than 60 dB. The second component is a 10-way radial junction that must work under the excitation of the TM01, whose special features, since this mode is not the fundamental one of the circular waveguide, will be highlighted. The final design has been validated with an experimental prototype, proposing a manufacturing based on four simple parts. This has been the key to obtain an experimental prototype with specifications in the state-of-the-art. The measured efficiency is better than 96.5% in a 16.7% relative frequency bandwidth from 11 GHz to 13 GHz, with return losses better than 25 dB in the common port. The measured difference between the signals at the output ports of the prototype is ±0.3 dB for the amplitudes and ±0.45° for the phases. A comparison of the obtained results with another divider based on the TE01 mode shows the potential of the presented design for becoming an alternative to the more extended TE01-based power dividers.

A 10-Way Power Divider Based on a Transducer and a Radial Junction Operating in the Circular TM01 Mode

A 10-Way Power Divider Based on a Transducer and a Radial Junction Operating in the Circular TM₀₁ Mode