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<p>Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is widely known transmission line technology adapted for use in various types of microwave circuits. This article deals with the analysis and design of a phase shifter based on the SIW technology. With simulation and measurement results obtained from the phase shifter with using air holes inside the structure, a test circuit was designed and manufactured. Results show that a phase balance of less than 10° is achieved with the experimental setup. The return loss value is better than 15 dB for working frequency band 8.85 GHz − 9GHz. The main benefit of this work is the easy of implementation air holes inside the structure and also the easy of manufacture of the circuits for antenna arrays, where a certain number of identical circuits is usually needed.</p>
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Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is widely known transmission line technology adapted for use in various types of microwave circuits. This article deals with the analysis and design of a phase shifter based on the SIW technology. With simulation and measurement results obtained from the phase shifter with using air holes inside the structure, a test circuit was designed and manufactured. Results show that a phase balance of less than 10° is achieved with the experimental setup. The return loss value is better than 15 dB for working frequency band 8.85 GHz − 9GHz. The main benefit of this work is the easy of implementation air holes inside the structure and also the easy of manufacture of the circuits for antenna arrays, where a certain number of identical circuits is usually needed.

Phase shifter based on the substrate integrated waveguide technology

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is widely known transmission line technology adapted for use in various types of microwave circuits. This...

Phase shifter based on the substrate integrated waveguide technology

Published Online: Mar 12, 2022

Page range: 67 - 72

Received: Nov 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0010

Keywords
waveguide, SIW, phase shifter, TRL calibration

© 2022 Tomas Hnilicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Phase shifter based on the substrate integrated waveguide technology

Published Online: Mar 12, 2022

Page range: 67 - 72

Received: Nov 18, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2022-0010

Keywordswaveguide, SIW, phase shifter, TRL calibration

© 2022 Tomas Hnilicka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
waveguide, SIW, phase shifter, TRL calibration