Low-loss ultra-wideband transition between conductor-backed coplanar waveguide and substrate integrated waveguide

A novel transition between conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CBCPW) and substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) is presented for microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuit design. The proposed integrated transition that can provide simultaneous field and impedance matching, exhibits outstanding low-loss performances over an ultra-wideband range (entire Ka-band in our case). In this work, a generalized impedance inverter whose parameters are accurately extracted by the use of a numerical Thru-Reflection-Line (TRL) calibration technique is utilized to design the transition. Measured results for the fabricated transition in back-to-back configuration show that the insertion loss is better than 0.4 dB while the return loss is better than 20 dB over the entire Ka-band.

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