Design and Simulation of X-Bnad Hole Waveguide Coupler Based on Superformula

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1 MSc Student, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kashan

2 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan

Abstract

Design and simulation of high directive waveguide directional couplers based on supershapes are presented, in the present paper. In order to obtain high directivity, circular holes in a conventional coupler are equivalently substituted with supershape holes. In the frequency range from 8 to 12 GHz, the coupling values of two proposed couplers are 19±1 dB and 23±2 dB and the directivities are better than 20 dB. The simulation results show that almost 20 dB improvement in the directivity can be achieved as compared to a conventional coupler. The results are valuable for the design and development of broadband high directive waveguide couplers.

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Volume 8, Issue 1 - Serial Number 23
September 2020
Pages 119-123

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  • Receive Date: 24 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 28 October 2020
  • Accept Date: 19 December 2020
  • Publish Date: 22 August 2020

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