Li Z K, Tang Y M, Du Y, et al. Millimeter Wave Band Stepped Waveguide Converter[J]. Study on Optical Communications, 2026(1): 240123. DOI: 10.13756/j.gtxyj.2026.240123.
A W-band stepped waveguide converter is designed and manufactured in this paper for the feeding and testing requirements of a millimeter wave stacked structure back-cavity antenna.
Methods
2
Due to the limitations in the structure
number of layers
and size of the fed antenna
only key parameters such as the number
length
and height of waveguide steps can be adjusted. Good impedance matching within the operating bandwidth can also be achieved.
Results
2
Full-wave modeling and parametric analysis of the whole converter were carried out. The return loss was less than-20 dB and the insert loss was less than 0.004 dB in 86.3~108.6 GHz frequency band. When the antenna was simulated jointly with this converter
87.7~104.0 GHz of the-10 dB impedance bandwidth can be obtained
which is agreed well with simulation results of the single antenna. In the end
an integrated converter-antenna was manufactured by a process combining laser etching and stacked assembly. The measured results agree well with those theoretical predictions
especially the error-estimations with 3 μm space among layers.
Conclusion
2
The designed converter possesses the advantages of wide band
low loss
and easy processing
which make it suitable for the feeding and testing of millimeter wave circuits and antennas.
Du Y , Tang Y M , Zhang B . Cavity Backed Slot Array Antenna with Low Cost and High Performance [J ] . Research & Progress of SSE , 2023 , 43 ( 4 ): 329 - 334 .
Yang G , Zhang J , Yang Y , et al . A Ka-Band Wideband SIW Cavity-Backed Slot Antenna Array [C ] // 2018 12th International Symposium on Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE) . Hangzhou, China : IEEE , 2018 : 8634154 .
Zhu D H , Qi F . Design of a Ka-Band Coaxial-Waveguide Transition by Mode-Matching and Synthetic Method [J ] . Journal of Microwaves , 2009 , 25 ( 2 ): 70 - 73 .
Huang Y , Zhao T , Wang X F . Design and Research of Impedance Transformer based on Rectangular Waveguide [J ] . College Physics , 2024 , 43 ( 1 ): 57 - 63 .
Jiang S , Yang H J , Ge S Q . Research on a Millimeter-Wave Full-Band Ortho-Mode Transducer [J ] . Journal of Microwaves , 2024 , 40 ( 3 ): 68 - 72 .
Yi W , Li E , Guo G , et al . An X-Band Coaxial-to-Rectangular Waveguide Transition [C ] // 2011 IEEE International Conference on Microwave Technology & Computational Electromagnetics . Beijing, China : IEEE , 2011 : 5915181 .
Song D W , Zhao G F . A Novel Design of 110 GHz Broadband Coaxial to Waveguide Adapter [C ] // 2020 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology (ICMMT) . Shanghai, China : IEEE , 2020 : 9386785 .
Beam Selection Algorithm in Millimeter Wave based on GCNet
Energy Saving Mechanism based on Beamforming in 5G Millimeter Wave Communication
Partially Coherent Channel Estimation Algorithm based on IR
Compensation Design of Interconnection Structure in Optical Module
A New Zero-Forcing Adaptive Hybrid Precoding Algorithm
Related Author
LI Xin-an
LI Yu-ze
CHEN Fa-tang
WU Feng
LI He-bin
LI Ping-an
LI Gui-yong
LIU Cheng-gang
Related Institution
. School of Communication and Information Engineering; b. Key Laboratory of New Generation Broadband Mobile Communication Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunication
School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications