Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Input Couplers for a Double Confocal Gyro-Amplifier

作者:Zhang, Chen; Song, Tao; Liang, Peisheng; Huang, Jie; Qi, Xu; Yan, Zheng; Wang, Wei*; Zhang, Kaichun; Hu, Min; Wu, Zhenhua; Zhao, Tao; Wei, Yanyu; Gong, Yubin; Liu, Diwei*; Liu, Shenggang
来源:IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 2022, 69(7): 3914-3919.
DOI:10.1109/TED.2022.3172047

摘要

Two types of double confocal waveguide $TE_{06}<^>{anti} $ -mode input couplers operating at 140 and 220 GHz are theoretically and experimentally investigated in this article, respectively. The 140 GHz input coupler is based on a power division network structure, while the 220 GHz input coupler is based on a coaxial resonant cavity structure. The field pattern of these two input couplers are analyzed and discussed. The prototypes were fabricated and tested. Back-to-back transmission experimental results agree well with the results of the theoretical simulations. The experimental results show that the 3 dB bandwidth of the power division input coupler at 140 GHz is about 9 GHz and the maximum transmission is -1.4 dB. The 3 dB bandwidth of the coaxial cavity input coupler at 220 GHz is about 3.5 GHz and the maximum transmission is -0.9 dB. It means that a wider bandwidth can be obtained from the power division input coupler, while a higher conversion efficiency can be obtained from\unboldmath the coaxial cavity input coupler. The proposed methodology can be applied to the design of an arbitrary $TE_{0n}<^>{anti} $ (n >= 2) mode input coupler for a double confocal structure gyro-amplifier.