Design and implementation of a substrate integrated waveguide phase shifter

The design and implementation of a phase shifter based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technique operating at 10 GHz are presented. The proposed phase shifter consists of a SIW section with two inserted metallic posts. The phase shifting in this configuration is achieved by changing the diameter and the position of these posts. Numerical simulations have been carried out for different diameters and positions, which have shown good agreement with the theory. A parametric study was also conducted to assess the impact of errors made on the diameter and position of the two metallic posts. To prove the concept, prototypes were fabricated and measured. Experimental results agree well with simulations and SII was better than -14 dB, S21 better than -1.08 dB and the phase error was less than 1.5deg.

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