Power Divider/Combiner using Half-Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide (HMSIW) Technology with High Power and High Isolation

REFERENCES

• Y. Wu, Y. Liu, Q. Xue, S. Li, and C. Yu, “Analytical design method of multiway dual-band planar power dividers with arbitrary power division,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 3832–3841, Nov. 2010.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• I. J. Bahl, “Ultrabroadband and compact power dividers/combiners on gallium arsenide substrate [Application Notes].” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 96–104, Apr. 2008.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D. M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering. New York, NY: Wiley, 2011.
   Google Scholar
• E. J. Wilkinson, “An N-way hybrid power divider,” IRE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 116–118, Jan. 1960.
   Google Scholar
• K. Song, and Q. Xue, “Novel ultra-wideband (UWB) multilayer slotline power divider with bandpass response,” IEEE Microw. Wirel. Compon. Lett., vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 13–15, Jan. 2010.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• X. P. Chen, and K. Wu, “Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filter: Basic Design Rules and Fundamental Structure Features,” IEEE Microw. Mag., vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 108–116, Jul.–Aug. 2014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Rui, L. Mengjia, S. Houjun, L. Zhen, and Z. Pei, “Design and simulation of a W-band two-way power divider based on substrate integrated waveguide,” In Microwave Technology & Computational Electromagnetics (ICMTCE), Qingdao, 2013, pp. 100–102.
   Google Scholar
• Z. Hao, W. Hong, H. Li, H. Zhang, and K. Wu, “Multiway broadband substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) power divider,” In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005, pp. 639–42.
   Google Scholar
• H. Uchimura, T. Takenoshita, and M. Fujii, “Development of a “laminated waveguide”,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 2438–43, Nov. 1998.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• L. Yan, W. Hong, K. Wu, and T. J. Cui, “Investigations on the propagation characteristics of the substrate integrated waveguide based on the method of lines,” IET Microw. Antennas Prop., vol. 152, no. 1, pp. 35–42, Feb. 2005.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Bozzi, A. Georgiadis, and K. Wu, “Review of substrate-integrated waveguide circuits and antennas,” IET Microw. Antennas Prop., vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 909–920, Jun. 2011.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Y. Chen, D. S. Zhang, and Y. T. Yu, “Wideband SIW power divider with improved out-of-band rejection,” Electron. Lett., vol. 49, no. 15, pp. 943–944, Jul. 2013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• X. Zou, C. M. Tong, and D. W. Yu, “Y-junction power divider based on substrate integrated waveguide,” Electron. Lett., vol. 47, no. 25, pp. 1375–1376, Dec. 2011.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Q. Chen, and J. Xu, “Out-of-phase power divider based on two-layer SIW,” Electron. Lett., vol. 50, no. 14, pp. 1005–1007, Jul. 2014.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Z. Y. Zhang, and K. Wu, “Broadband half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) Wilkinson power divider,” In IEEE Microwave Symposium Digest, Atlanta, GA, 2008, pp. 879–82.
   Google Scholar
• N. Smith, and R. Abhari, “Compact substrate integrated waveguide Wilkinson power dividers,” In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Charleston, SC, 2009, pp. 1–4.
   Google Scholar
• A.-R. Moznebi, and K. Afrooz, “Compact power divider based on half mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) with arbitrary power dividing ratio,” Int. J. Microw. Wirel. Technol., May 2016. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2015.2433174, to be published.
   Google Scholar
• W. Hong, B. Liu, Y. Wang, Q. Lai, H. Tang, X. X. Yin, Y. D. Dong, Y. Zhang, and K. Wu, “Half mode substrate integrated waveguide: A new guided wave structure for microwave and millimeter wave application,” In Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, Shanghai, 2006, pp. 219–219.
   Google Scholar
• J. E. Rayas-Sánchez, and V. Gutierrez-Ayala, “A general EM-based design procedure for single-layer substrate integrated waveguide interconnects with microstrip transitions,” In IEEE Microwave Symposium Digest, Atlanta, GA, 2008, pp. 983–986.
   Google Scholar
• F. Xu, and K. Wu, “Guided-wave and leakage characteristics of substrate integrated waveguide,” IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 66–73, Jan. 2005.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• J. S. G. Hong, and M. J. Lancaster, Microstrip Filters for RF/Microwave Applications. New York, NY: Wiley, 2004.
   Google Scholar
• X. Y. Zhang, K. X. Wang, and B. J. Hu, “Compact filtering power divider with enhanced second-harmonic suppression,” IEEE Microw. Wirel. Compon. Lett., vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 483–485, Aug. 2013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• U. H. Gysel, “A new N-way power divider/combiner suitable for high-power applications,” In IEEE Microwave Symposium, Palo Alton, CA, 1975, pp. 116–118.
   Google Scholar