Broadband substrate integrated waveguide to rectangular waveguide transition with fin-line

A novel broadband transition from a substrate integrated waveguide to a rectangle waveguide with an antipodal fin-line in its quasi-TE mode is presented. Impedance match and field mode gradual changing of transition circuits have been carefully analysed and performed. Experimental results show about a 1.6 dB insertion loss and greater than 12 dB return loss for back-to-back transitions over 10 GHz bandwidth from 26.5 to 40 GHz, so single transition insertion loss is about 0.8 dB. The transition is proposed for low-loss front-end circuits in the millimetre-wave band.     

Broadband transition between half mode substrate integrated waveguide and rectangular waveguide

A broadband transition between a half mode substrate integrated waveguide and a rectangular waveguide with an antipodal fin-line in its quasi-TEM mode is presented. Experimental results show about 1.3 dB insertion loss and below 215 dB return loss for a back-toback double transition over 10 GHz bandwidth from 26.5 to 40 GHz (the single transition insertion loss is about 0.65 dB). The transition may be used in low-loss and low-noise front-end circuits of the microwave and millimetre-wave bands.     

A V-band planar narrow bandpass filter using a new type integrated waveguide transition

A surface mountable planar narrow bandpass filter is proposed and demonstrated at V-band. The filter is constructed using an integrated waveguide in an alumina substrate employing a novel microstrip line to waveguide transition. The insertion loss per one transition is less than 0.1 dB over 43 to 73 GHz. A fabricated three-pole Chebyshev filter exhibits an insertion loss of 3 dB with a 3.3% bandwidth at a center frequency of 62 GHz and the return loss is better than 15 dB in the passband.     

波导带通滤波器与微带转换装置的设计

利用三维仿真软件HFSS首先设计了K波段7阶电感E面带通波导滤波器,以及波导-微带转换器.其中波导滤波器的中心频率为19 GHz,带宽为3 GHz,带内损耗小于0.1 dB,端口反射小于-20 dB;而波导-微带的转换器在16～20.8 GHz的带宽内端口反射小于-20 dB,带内损耗小于0.1 dB.然后将两者有效结合为一体,其工作带宽为17.5～20.5 GHz,带内损耗为0.3 dB,端口反射小于-15 dB,带外抑制小于-30 dB,可以满足实际系统应用的需求.     

Integrated microstrip and rectangular waveguide in planar form

Usually transitions from microstrip line to rectangular waveguide are made with three-dimensional complex mounting structures. In this paper, a new planar platform is developed in which the microstrip line and rectangular waveguide are fully integrated on the same substrate, and they are interconnected via a simple taper. Our experiments at 28 GHz show that an effective bandwidth of 12% at 20 dB return loss is obtained with an in-band insertion loss better than 0.3 dB. The new transition allows a complete integration of waveguide components on substrate with MICs and MMICs     

基于LGA工艺的D波段微带线－波导过渡结构

设计了一个工作于D波段的微带转波导结构。过渡结构由2部分组成,分别为微带－带状线过渡结构和带状线－波导过渡结构。相比传统的微带至波导结构,该结构无需额外的金属波导短路结构,减少了加工流程,直接和标准波导相连即可。仿真结果表明,在122~140 GHz范围内,反射系数小于-10 dB,最小插入损耗为1.85 dB。该过渡结构基于栅格阵列(LGA)封装工艺,能够直接与其他的芯片和无源器件进行集成和封装,对射频微系统的集成具有重要意义。     

Wideband coplanar waveguide-to-rectangular waveguide transition using fin-line taper

This letter introduces a new wideband coplanar waveguide-to-rectangular waveguide transition. The transition uses a uniplanar circuit in line with the waveguide, which eases the design and fabrication. The design does not require airbridges. Simulations and measurements of X-band (8.2-12.4 GHz) transitions based on both a low- and high-permittivity material (/spl epsiv//sub r/= 2.33 and 10.8) show that the transition works fine over the full frequency band. For /spl epsiv//sub r/= 2.33 the measured return and insertion loss of a back-to-back transition are more than 16 dB and less than 0.4dB, respectively. The corresponding values for /spl epsiv//sub r/= 10.8 are more than 10 dB and less than 1.0 dB, respectively, over 90% of the frequency band. The measured insertion loss values indicate losses of less than 0.14 dB and 0.36 dB at the center frequency for a single transition on a substrate with /spl epsiv//sub r/= 2.33 and 10.8, respectively.     

A simple circular-to-rectangular waveguide transition

We describe a novel one-step TE/sub 11/-mode circular waveguide to TE/sub 10/-mode rectangular waveguide transition. The primary advantage of this device over existing transitions is its ease of fabrication. We have incorporated our transition into a number of waveguide components operating at V-band. The transition's measured return loss exceeds 15 dB over a 12% bandwidth centered near 60 GHz.     

Spatial power amplifier using a passive and active TEM waveguide concept

A new spatial power amplifier is presented in which power is spatially combined within a TEM waveguide using a low-loss transition array of E-plane integrated finlines to microstrip lines. The TEM-mode waveguide is implemented using a periodically patterned surface called a uniplanar compact electromagnetic bandgap (UC-EBG) structure. Our designed Ku-band back-to-back transition array demonstrates a maximum return loss of 17.5 dB and a maximum insertion loss of 0.65 dB. The TEM waveguide is found to have a 1-GHz bandwidth centered at 14.5 GHz. Tuning of the center frequency may be accomplished via an active UC-EBG structure that incorporates varactor diodes. The use of the UC-EBG surface allows more power cards to be inserted within the TEM waveguide since the amplifier cells saturate uniformly. The spatial power combiner is used to combine the output powers of 12 20-mW monolithic-microwave integrated-circuit amplifier chips. The designed power module yields an output power of 23.15 dBm and a combining efficiency of 86%. A comparison between the passive and active UC-EGB surfaces is experimentally demonstrated.     

横向Ka波段波导微带探针过渡的设计和优化

介绍了一种横向Ka波段宽带波导-微带探针过渡的设计,基于有限元场分析软件Ansoft HFSS对该类过渡的设计方法进行了研究。最后给出了Ka波段内的优化数据。仿真结果表明,该宽带波导-微带探针过渡在26.5G~40GHz内插入损耗小于0.065 dB,达到了设计目标。     

太赫兹波导固定衰减器的设计

随着太赫兹技术的迅速发展,太赫兹系统中使用的波导衰减器也成为研究热点。波导衰减器可以对太赫兹信号实现精确衰减和控制功率传输,在解决损耗、辐射和干扰等一系列问题中,具有特殊意义和不可替代的地位。而目前的波导衰减器将衰减片平行于电场放置在矩形波导内,破坏矩形波导传输线,容易造成射频泄露。本文基于吸收式波导衰减器工作原理,提出了一种衰减片垂直于矩形波导电场的波导固定衰减器,通过将衰减片贴在波导内壁,保证传输线完整。使用高频电磁仿真软件HFSS,通过改变衰减片的形状、位置等参数,优化回波损耗、衰减精确度等指标,最终完成110~170 GHz波导固定衰减器的研制。在110~170 GHz频率范围内,衰减器的回波损耗小于-27.5 dB,在20 dB的衰减时,衰减精确度小于±2 dB。     

Novel coplanar waveguide to slotline transition on high resistivity silicon

Two novel coplanar waveguide (CPW) to slotline transitions have been fabricated and tested on high resistivity silicon. The first transition uses an air bridge to couple RF power from the CPW line to the slotline and has the entire circuit on the top side of the wafer. In the second transition, the grounded CPW (GCPW) line and the slotline are on opposite sides of the wafer and are coupled electromagnetically. The measured average insertion loss and return loss per transition are better than 1.5 and 10 dB, respectively, with a bandwidth greater than 30% at C-band frequencies.<>     

Internal gain from an erbium-doped oxyfluoride-silicate glass waveguide fabricated using femtosecond waveguide inscription

A channel waveguide is fabricated inside an erbium-doped oxyfluoride silicate glass sample using femtosecond pulses in the low repetition rate regime. The waveguide cross section is controlled using the multiscan fabrication technique. The 1.85-cm-long waveguide exhibits a total background insertion loss of 4.3 dB when coupled to Corning SMF-28 fibers. Under the maximum available pump power, the device exhibits an internal gain of 1.7 dB at 1537 nm.     

Wideband coplanar waveguide RF probe pad to microstrip transitions without via holes

A novel via-less coplanar waveguide (CPW) to microstrip transition is discussed and design rules based on simulations and experimental results are presented. This transition demonstrates a maximum insertion loss of 1 dB over the frequency range from 10 GHz to 40 GHz with a value of 0.4 dB at 20 GHz. This transition could find a variety of applications due to its compatibility with RF systems-on-a chip, low loss performance, low cost and its ease of fabrication.     

Design of a single-mode tapered waveguide for low-losschip-to-fiber coupling

The novel waveguide structures described in this paper have nonlinearly tapered shapes that result in low radiation losses despite their relatively short lengths. The core at the waveguide endface connected with the fiber has a very small cross section and an expanded mode field with a non-Gaussian shape. The taper structures are analyzed by using an improved step-transition method. This method is a based on the theory of enclosing a waveguide within electrical walls and that can therefore treat the radiation modes in a tapered waveguide as discrete mode spectra. Analyzing the relationships between the lengths and shapes of the tapers and the radiation loss due to the tapers show that appropriately tapered semiconductor waveguides operating at an optical wavelength of 1.55 μm and having a taper length of less than 0.7 mm can have a radiation loss of only 0.1 dB and a coupling loss with a conventional single-mode fiber of less than 0.5 dB     

Design and performance of coplanar waveguide slotline bandpass filter

This paper describes the work involved in designing a coplanar waveguide -slotline bandpass filter. The filter designed to achieve at least -30dB insertion loss (S₂₁)in the stopband (8 to 8.5; 9.3 to 10 GHz) and less than -0.2 dB in the passband (8.75 to 9.05 GHz), with a centre frequency of 8.9 GHz. The filter and transition were fabricated on 1.27 mm thick RT-Duriod 6010.2 substrate and S-parameters were tested using standard SMA connectors with an HP-8510A network analyser.     

新型S形光波导低弯曲损耗路径设计

为了降低光波导中的弯曲损耗,从理论上分析了光波导的弯曲损耗、过渡损耗产生的根源,并以此为依据推导出符合弯曲、过渡低损耗的5次,6次,7次,8次和9次幂函数表达式。由MATLAB和MAPLE工具软件计算可知,9次幂函数的图形曲线最圆滑,当取h=125μm,L=800μm(高分支比)时其弯曲损耗可以减小到4.57dB,与传统常用的余弦函数和反正弦函数进行比较,在相同条件下弯曲损耗有了明显的降低。结果表明,所设计的1×4光功分器优化路线,传输性能优良,分配均匀。这为以后Y分支光波导的制作有很好的指导意义。     

多孔耦合型太赫兹波导定向耦合器的设计

设计了一种结构紧凑、工作频带较宽、耦合平稳、高方向性的十字形多孔耦合的太赫兹波导定向耦合器。基于多孔耦合原理,利用HFSS软件对太赫兹波导定向耦合器进行了模型仿真和结构优化。仿真结果表明:在325~475 GHz带宽范围内,该多孔耦合太赫兹波导定向耦合器耦合度达到7.50.8 dB,隔离度达到30 dB,即方向性优于20 dB,各端口回波损耗小于-20 dB。通过对该波导定向耦合器进行高温高压模拟仿真,确定了使用负性光刻胶SU-8作为结构材料的可行性,提出应用MEMS工艺在硅衬底上进行加工,将牺牲层工艺应用到波导腔结构的制作中。利用光刻在直通波导和耦合波导公共宽壁上形成的十字形等间距排列耦合孔结构,可以实现较宽的带宽和良好的耦合平坦度。该方法提高了耦合孔尺寸和位置的精度,减小了反射损耗,为太赫兹波导结构的加工提供了新思路。     

High-silica multimode channel waveguide structure for minimizing fiber-waveguide-fiber coupling loss

The optimum structure for high-silica channel waveguides which are connected to input and output graded-index fibers having a 50-μm core diameter and a 1.0-percent refractive-index difference is studied theoretically and experimentally. Theoretical optimum waveguide structure is obtained on the basis of ray optic analysis. For the step-index waveguide with 1.0-percent refractive-index difference, the theoretical minimum coupling loss (input coupling loss + output coupling loss) is 1.7 dB for an optimum core of 38 μm both in depth and width. For the graded-index waveguide with parabolic-index profile in the depth direction and step-index profile in the width direction, the theoretical coupling loss is 1.1 dB for an optimum core of 38 μm in width and 50 μm in depth. These estimations were in good agreement with the experimental results, which were 1.8 dB for the step-index waveguide and 1.3 dB for the graded-index waveguide.     

Polymeric waveguide polarization splitter with a buriedbirefringent polymer

A waveguide polarization splitter is demonstrated based on a low-loss polymer waveguide and a birefringent polyimide. Crosslinkable fluorinated polymers with an excellent stability and a low absorption loss are utilized for the device. The polyimide is buried under one branch of the Y-branch waveguide to enhance the birefringence between the TE and TM modes. By the adiabatic mode evolution, the TE mode is coupled to the branch with the polyimide strip, while the TM mode propagates through the other branch without the polyimide. For the device with a branch angle of 1/400 rad, we obtained a crosstalk less than -20 dB and a fiber-to-fiber insertion loss of 3.8 dB