Design of an X-band tray-type spatial power combiner using uniplanar quasi-Yagi antennas
✍ Scribed by Feng-Chi E. Tsai; Marek E. Bialkowski
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 589 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-2477
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The design of an X‐band tray‐type spatial power combiner, which employs uniplanar quasi‐Yagi antennas (QYAs) for receiving and transmitting signals by individual amplifiers, is presented. Passive and active varieties of a seven‐tray power‐combining structure that includes two hard horns for uniform signal launching and combining across the tray stack are developed and measured. In order to compensate for nonuniform phase across the stack, which is caused by the nonplanar wave front of the horn antennas, Schiffman phase shifters are implemented in individual trays. The experimental results show an improved performance of the investigated tray‐type power combiner when the proposed phase‐error compensation is implemented. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 42: 307–311, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20287