Electronics (Dec 2020)

Ka-Band Diplexer for 5G mmWave Applications in Inverted Microstrip Gap Waveguide Technology

  • Carlos Sanchez-Cabello,
  • Luis Fernando Herran,
  • Eva Rajo-Iglesias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9122094
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 12
p. 2094

Abstract

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A new cost-efficient, low-loss Ka-band diplexer designed in inverted microstrip gap waveguide technology is presented in this paper. Gap waveguide allows to propagate quasi-TEM modes in the air between two metal plates without the need for contact between them by using periodic metasurfaces. The diplexer is realized by using a bed of nails as AMC (Artificial Magnetic Conductor), first modeled with a PMC (Perfect Magnetic Conductor) surface for design simplification, and two fifth order end-coupled passband filters (BPFs) along with a power divider. The experimental verification confirms that the two channels centered at 24 GHz and 28 GHz with 1 GHz of bandwidth show measured insertion losses of 1.5 dB and 2 dB and 60 dB of isolation between them. A slight shift in frequency is observed in the measurements that can be easily explained by the variation in the permittivity of the substrate.

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