Advances in Materials Science and Engineering · 2014 · 10 citations · 10 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringAntennasMicrowave EngineeringPropagationIntegrated Circuit DesignMicrowave Integrated CircuitsMicrowave Network AnalysisMicrowave ResonatorsMicrowave System DesignRadio-frequency Integrated CircuitsEquivalent Circuit AnalysisEquivalent Circuit ModelingMicrowave Integrated Circuit DesignMicrowave Resonator DesignSpecific AttenuationSubstrate Integrated CircuitsSubstrate Integrated WaveguidesSubstrate-integrated Waveguide Couplers
This paper presents the design and experiment of a novel microwave gain equalizer based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technique. The proposed equalizer is formed by an SIW loaded by SIW resonators, which has very compact structure and can compensate for gain slope of microwave systems. Equivalent circuit analysis is given about the proposed structure for a better insight into the structure’s response. A Ku-Band equalizer with four SIW resonators is simulated and fabricated with a multilayer printed circuit board process. The measured results show good performance and agreement with the simulated results; an attenuation slope of −4.5 dB over 12.5–13.5 GHz is reached with a size reduction of 76%.
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