Design of new wideband waveguide Magic‐T for X‐band applications

The design and fabrication of low loss and wideband Magic‐T with 10 dB return loss (RL) bandwidth over 40% is proposed for X‐band application, which can be used in monopulse comparator network. The proposed Magic‐T is composed of WR90 waveguides include an exponentially conducting cone, metallic mul...

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Published in:Microwave and optical technology letters 2023-09, Vol.65 (9), p.2530-2534
Main Authors: Ameri, Edris, Khalaj‐Amirhosseini, Mohammad, Sedighy, Seyed H., Azizi, Yousef
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidths
Broadband
Comparators
Insertion loss
Magic‐T
radar
Septum
Waveguides
wideband
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Summary:The design and fabrication of low loss and wideband Magic‐T with 10 dB return loss (RL) bandwidth over 40% is proposed for X‐band application, which can be used in monopulse comparator network. The proposed Magic‐T is composed of WR90 waveguides include an exponentially conducting cone, metallic multistep l‐shaped septum, and some other conducting posts. By implementation of these optimized conducting cone, septum, and posts, the 20 dB RL bandwidth over 36% is achieved with very low insertion loss (IL) (40 dB) across all port over X‐band is another feature of the proposed Magic‐T. The equal power division (in amplitude and phase) at H‐arm and phase cancellation of input power at E‐arm introduce the proposed Magic‐T as a good candidate for sum/difference comparator network for monopulse application. Validation of the simulation results by experimental ones proves the wideband RL, low IL, and high isolation coefficient of the proposed high‐power Magic‐T as well.
ISSN:0895-2477
1098-2760
DOI:10.1002/mop.33746