| Project: |
Ultra wideband
Coaxial Combiner System |
| Investigators: |
Pengcheng Jia, Bob York |
| Funded
by: |
ONR
MURI IMPACT and ONR ARO |
Description:
Our goal is to develop multi-octave
combiners using the finline array concept originally developed at UCSB
using rectangular waveguides. The cutoff characteristics of the rectangular waveguide limit the
lower frequency operation of the system. In addition, the
rectangular waveguide system is dispersive, and the non-uniform field
profile results in lower efficiency near saturation.
Our solution uses a coaxial-waveguide version of the
finline array. A flared coaxial
line, composed of 32 wedge-shaped circuit trays, is loaded radially with
tapered slotlines in the direction of wave propagation. Each input
slotline provides a gradual transition from the coaxial TEM field to a
planar transmission line, for compatibility with standard microwave
integrated circuitry. This combiner is based on an extension of the
tapered slotline array design to the coaxial waveguide and has a broad
bandwidth of more than 14GHz. Spectral Domain Method (SDM) is
exploited to compute the propogation constant. A new circuit tray
scheme with sector intersection is applied in this system. 1 Watt
output power is reached with good linearity by integrating 32 low
power MMICs. Test results prove that the coaxial waveguide power
combiner is a desirable candidate for ultra-broadband high power
combining.
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