TY - JOUR
T1 - Substrate integrated waveguide E-plane tapering in low-temperature co-fired ceramic
AU - Haarla, Jaakko
AU - Ala-Laurinaho, Juha
AU - Lahti, Markku
AU - Viikari, Ville
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Business Finland through the 5WAVE project (2917/31/2015 and 2920/31/2015).
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - This letter discusses the design, manufacture, and characterization of a substrate-integrated waveguide E-plane tapering. The tapering facilitates the integration of two waveguides with varying heights for, that is, conductor-backed coplanar waveguide to rectangular waveguide integration. A simultaneous top- and bottom-sided, λ/4-based stepped tapering for the 71–86 GHz band is designed using low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology. The fabricated design is measured using two E-plane taperings in back-to-back configuration. The reflection coefficient better than −11.8 dB, and the transmission coefficient larger than −1.4 dB at the full 71–86-GHz range for a single tapering is extracted from the measurement using time-gating.
AB - This letter discusses the design, manufacture, and characterization of a substrate-integrated waveguide E-plane tapering. The tapering facilitates the integration of two waveguides with varying heights for, that is, conductor-backed coplanar waveguide to rectangular waveguide integration. A simultaneous top- and bottom-sided, λ/4-based stepped tapering for the 71–86 GHz band is designed using low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology. The fabricated design is measured using two E-plane taperings in back-to-back configuration. The reflection coefficient better than −11.8 dB, and the transmission coefficient larger than −1.4 dB at the full 71–86-GHz range for a single tapering is extracted from the measurement using time-gating.
KW - E-band
KW - low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC)
KW - substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW)
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U2 - 10.1002/mop.32740
DO - 10.1002/mop.32740
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097077761
SN - 0895-2477
VL - 63
SP - 1165
EP - 1170
JO - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
JF - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
IS - 4
ER -