{"title":"A new compact Ka-band spatial power combining architecture","authors":"S. Dong, Lei Wang, Wei Ma, Hong Chen, Jun Xu","doi":"10.1109/ICCT.2008.4716239","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"High power amplifier is the key element of microwave transmitters. Solid-state spatial power combiner is issued to replace traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) in space communication systems. To comply with space requirements a new compact Ka-band spatial power combining architecture is proposed using a double-faced tray. To match the 2 times 2 combining structure, double antipodal finline is designed to achieve power distributing/combining and transition between waveguide and microstrip. A 29~30 GHz spatial power combiner is designed following this architecture. With it the compact architecture proves effective and prospective.","PeriodicalId":259577,"journal":{"name":"2008 11th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2008 11th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCT.2008.4716239","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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High power amplifier is the key element of microwave transmitters. Solid-state spatial power combiner is issued to replace traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) in space communication systems. To comply with space requirements a new compact Ka-band spatial power combining architecture is proposed using a double-faced tray. To match the 2 times 2 combining structure, double antipodal finline is designed to achieve power distributing/combining and transition between waveguide and microstrip. A 29~30 GHz spatial power combiner is designed following this architecture. With it the compact architecture proves effective and prospective.