Ka-band diplexer design based on half-mode groove gap waveguide

[EN] This paper shows the practical design of a Ka-band tuning-less diplexer in half-mode groove gap waveguide (HM-GGW) technology for multi-beam satellite applications. This new technology can be easily manufactured, since it lets the design of two separate metallic pieces: one for the cover with p...

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Autores: Marini, Stephan, Morales-Hernández, Aitor, Gimeno-Nieves, Encarnación, Ferrando-Rocher, Miguel|||0000-0003-4098-7180, Jorge-López, Alejandro|||0009-0004-9678-1813, Boria Esbert, Vicente Enrique|||0000-0001-7150-9785
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/221221
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/221221
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gap waveguide technology
Groove gap waveguides
Satellite communications
Waveguide diplexer
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Sumario:[EN] This paper shows the practical design of a Ka-band tuning-less diplexer in half-mode groove gap waveguide (HM-GGW) technology for multi-beam satellite applications. This new technology can be easily manufactured, since it lets the design of two separate metallic pieces: one for the cover with periodic pins, and another one for the half-groove gap waveguide structure. The proposed diplexer is composed of two bandpass HM-GGW filters, an H-plane T-junction and the corresponding transitions to the input/output WR28 rectangular ports. To illustrate how this technology can be applied, a prototype has been successfully fabricated, showing in-band measured return and insertion losses of 21 dB and 0.87 dB in the lower band, 16 dB and 0.86 dB in the upper band, and a good isolation level (better than 32.5 dB) in the whole operational frequency range.