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Single‐ridge waveguide T ‐junctions for compact multilayer beam forming networks
Author(s) -
Vincenti Gatti Roberto,
Rossi Riccardo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.21056
Subject(s) - broadband , ridge , antenna (radio) , scalability , optoelectronics , materials science , waveguide , optics , frequency band , computer science , electronic engineering , telecommunications , physics , engineering , geology , paleontology , database
In this work, an H ‐plane and an E ‐plane single‐ridge waveguide T‐junction exhibiting compact size and broadband performance are presented. Thanks to these features the proposed devices turn out to be key components for the implementation of high‐performance multilayer antenna beam‐forming networks. Effectiveness and suitability of such T‐junctions are demonstrated through the design of a broadband array antenna feeding network. The presented components operate at Ku band, nevertheless the adopted architectures are fully scalable to other frequency band of interest.