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A Novel Wideband Spatial Power Combining Amplifier Based on Turnstile-Junction Waveguide Divider/Combiner
2011 Volume E94.C Issue 9 Pages 1479-1482
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2011 Volume E94.C Issue 9 Pages 1479-1482
In this paper, we propose a wideband four-way turnstile-junction waveguide divider/combiner in the Ka-band. The proposed divider/combiner has an insertion loss of less than 0.8dB over the frequency range of 28-39.5GHz. A power combiner amplifier using this circuit and four MMIC amplifiers has been demonstrated with 83% combining efficiency at 34.9GHz. The measured results show that the turnstile-junction waveguide divider-combiner is a suitable element for developing a broadband millimeter-wave spatial power combiner amplifier.
