A Tunable Microstrip-to-Waveguide Transition for Emergency Satellite Communication Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Transition Design
3. Experiment Results and Discussion
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Value (mm) | Parameter | Value (mm) |
---|---|---|---|
a1 | 11.8 | g2 | 3.2 |
b1 | 4 | a3 | 15.8 |
h1 | 7.5 | b3 | 7.9 |
m1 | 3.56 | h3 | 7.8 |
g1 | 3.8 | g3 | 0.67 |
g4 | 1.14 | l0 | 1.5 |
w1 | 0.3 | l1b | 0.84 |
w2 | 0.34 | w4 | 0.4 |
l2 | 1.24 | l4 | 1.8 |
a2 | 13.4 | w0 | 0.42 |
b2 | 7.2 | l1a | 1.8 |
h2 | 4.5 | w3 | 1.4 |
m2 | 3.56 | l3 | 0.85 |
m3 | 5.18 | r | 0.75 |
w | 2.3 | re | 1.5 |
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Xiong, Y.; Gao, D.; Tang, X. A Tunable Microstrip-to-Waveguide Transition for Emergency Satellite Communication Systems. Electronics 2024, 13, 4370. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13224370
Xiong Y, Gao D, Tang X. A Tunable Microstrip-to-Waveguide Transition for Emergency Satellite Communication Systems. Electronics. 2024; 13(22):4370. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13224370
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiong, Ying, Dawei Gao, and Xianfeng Tang. 2024. "A Tunable Microstrip-to-Waveguide Transition for Emergency Satellite Communication Systems" Electronics 13, no. 22: 4370. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13224370