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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Design of conical transmission line power combiners using tapered line matching sections
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Volume 56, No. 6, Article 4511502, Year 2008
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Description
An axially symmetric power combiner, which utilizes a tapered conical impedance matching network to transform ten 50-Ω inputs to a central coaxial line over the X-band, is presented. The use of a conical line allows standard transverse electromagnetic design theory to be used, including tapered impedance matching networks. This, in turn, alleviates the problem of very low impedance levels at the common port of conical line combiners, which normally requires very high-precision manufacturing and assembly. The tapered conical line is joined to a tapered coaxial line for a completely smooth transmission line structure. Very few full-wave analyses are needed in the design process since circuit models are optimized to achieve a wide operating bandwidth. A ten-way prototype was developed at X-band with a 47% bandwidth, very low losses, and excellent agreement between simulated and measured results. © 2008 IEEE.
Authors & Co-Authors
De Villiers, Dirk I.L.
United States, New York
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South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
van der Walt, Pieter Willem
United States, New York
Ieee
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Meyer, Petrie
United States, New York
Ieee
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Statistics
Citations: 46
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1109/TMTT.2008.923879
Study Design
Case-Control Study