BJ-320波导对称五端口测量网络设计

介绍了工作于26.4～40 GHz频带的对称五端口波导网络的设计方法.为了使五端口波导网络能较好地工作于六端口反射计中,要求各端口反射系数的绝对值小于0.2(| S11|≤0.2).这里结合了频移法、渐变线分割研究法和数值解法等理论对五端口波导测量网络进行设计.     

一种通用的微波六端口反射计研究

在微波阻抗与网络参量测量方面,反射计应用举足轻重;在通过对反射计的S参数进行分析的基础上,介绍了一个六端口反射计的通用设计方案,并确立了设计指标;依据设计指标,利用LSBRM方法、频移法、渐变线分割的方法和数值积分等算法完成了六端口反射计的设计;最后通过实际的反射计测量检验验证其满足设计指标的要求.     

用于天线罩电厚度测量的小型微带入端口反射计

六端口反射计广泛用于高精度反射系数测量，若采用小型测量网络作为测量探头，它可用于天线罩电厚度的无损检测，本设计为一个用于此目的的六端口反射计，该反射计主要由微带对称五端口双环网络与多分支线微带定向耦合器组成，借助于Microwave Office软件对这两部分进行优化与仿真设计，实际电路测试结果表明，此微带六端口反射计在较宽的频带内具有高的测量精度，且由于体积小，可方便地用于天线罩电厚度测量。     

一种新型的渐变脊径向波导空间功率合成器设计

给出了一种新型的波导渐变脊的设计方法及其在波导空间功率合成器中的应用,该设计方法采用新型复合函数渐变曲线代替了传统的单一指数函数或三角函数渐变曲线,通过优化渐变脊的结构可以达到对频带内引起的谐振进行抑制的目的,并能降低功率合成器中的通路损耗;将该新型波导渐变脊结构用于30~40GHz的波导空间功率合成器,经测试得到,由渐变脊组成的合成器部分在整个频段内插入损耗不足0.8dB,整个无源合成器结构的输入端口驻波小于1.35,满足了合成器的使用要求。     

用于天线罩电厚度测量的小型微带六端口反射计

六端口反射计广泛用于高精度反射系数测量,若采用小型测量网络作为测量探头,它可用于天线罩电厚度的无损检测,本设计为一个用于此目的的六端口反射计,该反射计主要由微带对称五端口双环网络与多分支线微带定向耦合器组成,借助于Microwave Office软件对这两部分进行优化与仿真设计,实际电路测试结果表明,此微带六端口反射计在较宽的频带内具有高的测量精度,且由于体积小,可方便地用于天线罩电厚度测量.     

新型体声波传感器读出电路的实验验证

为了实验验证此前通过仿真验证的基于六端口反射计的新型BAW传感器读出电路的方案的可行性,本文制作了新型BAW传感器读出电路并对其进行了测试.以串联谐振频率约为1.5 GHz的薄膜体声波谐振器(FBAR)为待测器件(DUT),设计、制作了一种能够满足该FBAR谐振频率测量带宽(1.3 GHz~1.7 GHz)要求的PCB上微带六端口网络和检波器,配合射频信号发生器和示波器,获得了模拟DUT(50ΩSMA匹配负载)的反射系数-频率(Γ-f)曲线测量结果.与矢量网络分析仪(VNA)的测量结果进行了对比,两者吻合较好,实验验证了"基于六端口反射计的BAW传感器读出电路"可用于FBAR谐振频率的测量.本文工作对实用化BAW传感器的研制和片上矢量网络分析仪(VNA-on-Chip)的设计都有借鉴意义.     

短路反射法测量复介电常数的研究

研究了基于波导六端口反射计系统的短路反射法测量介质材料复介电常数的测量原理,通过六端口反射计测量得到介质样品加载前后参考面的复反射系数,求得样品介质的相对介电常数和损耗正切。提出了一种新的求解复超越方程的数值解法,该方法以泰勒近似获取初值,通过梯度迭代得到最终结果,避免了复超越方程中无用多值的出现。实际测试结果表明,该方法可以快速单一地测得介质材料的相对介电常数,且精度较高。     

基于双魔T六端口反射计的自动化设计

根据六端口反射计工作原理，对基于双魔T的六端口测量系统进行自动化设计；通过放大器和A／O转换电路对输出端口的检波电压进行采集，根据相对功率法求解系统常数，完成系统的校正，然后接入待测负载，南三个状态下的系统常数和端口功率构建线性方程组，编程求解确定负载的反射系数，并画出状态圆对测量结果加以验证。试验结果表明，该系统不仅保证了反射系数的精度，而且测量效率得到了显著的提高。     

面向5G高隔离度4单元MIMO手机天线设计

设计了一个4单元高隔离度手机天线,由4个辐射单元组成,辐射单元分别位于天线的4个角落。对天线辐射单元进行分析测试,测量天线辐射单元工作频段为3.43 GHz～3.86 GHz,覆盖5G移动通信测试频段。MIMO天线工作频段在端口回波损耗小于-10 dB阻抗带宽条件下,工作频段为3.45 GHz～3.64 GHz;在端口回波损耗小于-6 dB阻抗带宽条件下,天线工作频段为3.23 GHz～3.96 GHz。新设计的圆形开槽结构能减少天线和电子元器件耦合,并且天线具有良好的全向性和辐射特性。MIMO天线在3.2 GHz～4 GHz频率内,天线辐射效率为65%～73.4%。仿真表明,脑部辐射SAR(Specific Absorption Rate)参数小于1.6 W/kg,天线对人体影响较低。     

一种10GHz高增益低噪声放大器设计

提出了一种带有输入匹配网络优化方法的窄带10GHzLNA电路。通过插入全新的输入匹配网络,不仅满足LNA低噪声的要求,同时更使增益有所提高。提出的LNA采用0．181μmSiGeBiCMOS工艺,工作频率为10GHz。结果表明,提出的窄带HBT10GHzLNA电路,在10GHz频段测试增益大于lldB,噪声3．6dB,功耗9mw,达到了较好的匹配效果,有较好的稳定性,满足了收发机对LNA的指标要求。     

Wideband turnstile junction coaxial waveguide orthomode transducer

A wideband turnstile junction coaxial waveguide orthomode transducer (OMT) is presented in this paper, featuring coaxial waveguide input and orthogonal rectangular waveguide outputs. It primarily comprises of a turnstile junction, bending stepped impedance transformers and power combiners. The symmetrical geometry helps achieve wide operating bandwidth and balanced output phases. The OMT covers the whole Ku band from 12 to 18 GHz, which aims at wideband dual‐polarized signal combination and separation within coaxial‐type multi‐band antenna systems. An experimental prototype is manufactured and the measured results confirm that the reflection coefficient is lower than ?15 dB within the whole band, and the port isolation is better than 35 dB. Turnstile junction coaxial waveguide OMTs can be adopted widely in circular/coaxial waveguide hybrid feeding networks for multi‐band satellite communication/remote sensing antenna systems.     

A Ka‐band power divider/combiner using two side‐inserted magnetic coupling semicircular ring probes

A Ka‐band power divider/combiner with dual magnetic coupling semicircular ring probes is proposed in this paper. Firstly, a broadband microstrip‐to‐waveguide transition with semicircular ring probe is designed based on the side‐inserted structure of magnetic field excitation in a rectangular waveguide. The insertion loss of the proposed transition is less than 0.7 dB in Ka‐band assisted by the dual symmetrical broadband probes and rectangular waveguide. Then, the divider/combiner is proposed using the new transition with magnetic coupling from narrow wall into the rectangular waveguide. The bandwidth of the divider/combiner is more than 9 GHz (from 27 to 36.7 GHz), and the insertion loss of the single divider/combiner is less than 3.3 dB. Finally, the performance of the proposed divider/combiner is validated through simulations and measurements. The proposed design has potential applications in microstrip circuits.     

A modified split ring resonator based printed compact monopole UWB antenna with spiked elliptical radiator having five band rejection features

A coplanar waveguide (CPW) fed printed compact monopole antenna with five band rejection features is presented. Wide bandwidth was achieved by beveling the lower part and adding a modified ellipse on the upper portion of the patch. An inverted circular arc, single circular split ring resonator (SRR) with wide opening and two symmetrical circular single SRRs were embedded for obtaining three stop‐band characteristics. Two symmetrical slits were inculcated in the ground forming defected ground structure (DGS) to get another stop‐band characteristic. Two concentric rectangular modified SRRs were etched to obtain a higher frequency stop‐band feature. The proposed antenna was designed, fabricated, and experimentally tested for the validation of results. The overall dimensions of the proposed antenna were 29 mm × 24 mm × 1.6 mm. The measured impedance bandwidth of the antenna was 2.87 to 13.3 GHz at | S₁₁ |< ? 10 dB. The measured results show that the proposed antenna has five band notches centred at 3.96, 4.35, 5.7, 8.54, and 9.95 GHz to reject WiMAX band (3.65‐4.04 GHz), ARN band (4.29‐5.18 GHz), WLAN band (5.5‐6.9GHz), ITU‐8 band (7.37‐8.87), and amateur radio band (9.2‐10.3 GHz) respectively. The proposed antenna maintains omnidirectional radiation pattern in H‐Plane and dumbbell‐shape radiation pattern in E‐plane. Further, stable gain over the whole UWB except at notched frequency bands was reported.     

A CPW‐fed band notched wideband circularly polarized ZOR antenna based on CRLH‐TL approach

This article presents design and analysis of three wide band zeroth‐order resonance antennas (antennas I, II, and III) using composite right and left‐handed transmission line (CRLH‐TL) approach. Coplanar waveguide technology, single layer via‐less structures are used to have the design flexibility. The bandwidth characteristics are analyzed by using lumped parameters of CRLH‐TL. By introducing a simple slot in the ground plane of antenna I both bandwidth enhancement and circularly polarization characteristics are achieved in antenna II. Another quarter wave L‐shaped slot has been introduced in the ground plane of antenna II to introduce a notch band in the frequency response of antenna III. Achieved measured 10 dB return loss bandwidth of antenna I and antenna II are 960 (3.3‐4.26 GHz) and 2890 MHz (2.77‐5.66 GHz), respectively. Antenna III offers measured 10 dB return loss bandwidth of 3220 MHz (2.32‐5.54 GHz) with a band notch from 2.39 to 2.99 GHz that isolates the 2.4 GHz WLAN and 3.5 GHz WiMAX band. Antenna II and antenna III have circular polarization property with measured axial ratio bandwidth of 440 MHz. The measured peak realized gain of antennas II and III is around 1.53‐2.9 dBi.     

A wideband rectangular and circular ring‐shaped patch antenna with gap coupled meandered parasitic elements for wireless applications

A new design of a gap coupled rectangular patch antenna with meandered parasitic elements and a circular ring at the feed line has been proposed for Bluetooth, WLAN, WiMAX, C, and X band applications. Multibands at 1.26 to 1.36 GHz, 1.83 to 3.81 GHz, 7.6 to 7.85 GHz, 9.6 to 10.74 GHz, and 13.58 to 14.23 GHz with impedance bandwidth of 6.0% and 70.21%, 3.23%, 11.2%, and 4.67%, respectively, are observed. Multiple bandwidth enhancement techniques such as using symmetrical meandered parasitic patches, gap coupling, and defected ground have been employed in one design. Circular ring feed structure and meandered parasitic patches enhance the percentage impedance bandwidth from 12.11% to 70.21%.     

A new printed log‐periodic dipole array (PLPDA) antenna with bandwidth broadening and gain improving

A broader impedance bandwidth and higher gain printed log‐periodic dipole array antenna fed by half‐mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) is proposed in this letter for ultra‐wideband (UWB) wireless communication applications. The bandwidth of the reference antenna (5.1‐11.4 GHz) is expanded by 1.3 GHz by introducing a new resonance frequency with additional patches. Moreover; gain is enhanced over full band by attaching metal plate to narrow beam and adding directors to attract energy radiated by dipoles. A simulation analysis of the improved antenna with broader bandwidth of 4.1 to 11.7 GHz and higher gain is presented, along with a design procedure and experimental results. Measurement results are consistent with simulation results, which verifies the feasibility of this technique.     

A polarization reconfigurable CPW fed monopole antenna with L‐shaped parasitic element

A coplanar waveguide fed polarization reconfigurable monopole antenna is proposed in this letter. The proposed antenna consists of L‐shaped stubs placed on either side of a monopole, two p‐i‐n diodes and a slot in the ground plane. In the proposed antenna structure, the switching element is not directly connected to the feed line. Depending on the switching state of the p‐i‐n diodes, the antenna either radiates left/right circular polarization or linear polarization. To validate the proposed design, the antenna was fabricated and its performance was measured. Since the ground plane is electrically small, the effect of the cable and SMA connector on the performance of the antenna is also investigated. The measured impedance bandwidth is 66.78% (3.67 GHz to 7.35 GHz) and the axial ratio bandwidth is 13.62% (4.24‐4.86 GHz) for circular polarization and 23.61% (3.81‐4.83 GHz) impedance bandwidth for linear polarization.     

3D‐printed high‐gain circularly polarized antenna for broadband millimeter‐wave communications over the power line

It is well known that high transmission loss occurs when millimeter waves traveling through the atmosphere. As an alternative, power line is proposed as a transmission media to combat the high loss. In this article, a three‐dimensional (3D) printed high‐gain circularly polarized antenna was proposed for millimeter‐wave broadband power line communications. It has a simple structure, where tapered slots are designed between the upper and lower layers of the waveguide to generate the circularly polarized operation. A wide impedance bandwidth of 31.58% (24‐33 GHz) and an axial ratio bandwidth of 28.07% (24.5‐32.5 GHz) are achieved by the proposed design. A maximum gain of 11.2 dBi is measured from the 3D printed structure. The proposed antenna has a simple structure which is easy to adjust to any working frequency. The antenna can be excited by properly integrated to the waveguide that connected to the power line end. The use of 3D printing technology enables a low‐cost solution millimeter‐wave broadband communications over the power line.     

A broadband coplanar waveguide to rectangular waveguide power divider using a slot

In this article, a broadband coplanar waveguide (CPW) to rectangular waveguide power divider using the dipole slot is proposed. The power divider consists of an input CPW port and two output rectangular waveguide ports. The CPW to rectangular waveguide power divider using the dipole slot has a return loss larger than 15 dB and an insertion loss equal to 3.08–3.27 dB in the whole X‐band (8.2–12.4 GHz). Furthermore, to broaden the bandwidth, the dipole slot is replaced by the bow‐tie slot. The CPW to rectangular waveguide power divider using the bow‐tie slot yields a return loss larger than 16 dB and an insertion loss equal to 3.05–3.29 dB from 8 to 13 GHz, which exceeds the X‐band. To verify our design, power dividers that use the dipole slot or the bow‐tie slot are fabricated and measured. The measurement results of both power dividers are in good agreement with the simulation results. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE, 2013.     

Design and optimization of a planar folded substrate integrated waveguide bandpass filter exploiting aggressive space mapping

Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) is a new structure for microwave transmission. In this paper, a planar folded sixth‐order SIW filter is designed with aggressive space mapping (ASM) algorithm. Its center frequency is 22 GHz, 3 dB bandwidth 1 GHz, and in‐band return loss 22 dB. The filter satisfies design specifications after four iterations, and is fabricated using micro‐electro‐mechanical systems (MEMS) technology with a chip size of 7.5 mm × 8.5 mm × 0.4 mm. Measurement results show that the center frequency of the filter measures at 22.2 GHz, 3 dB bandwidth at 1 GHz, insertion loss at 3.57 dB, return loss at 22 dB and out‐of‐band rejection at 40 dB.