Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , Volume. 23, Issue 2, 138(2025)

Design and realization of a W-band 32-way broadband high-efficiency power combiner

GAO Gang, ZHOU Ziqiao, WANG Xinyue, ZHANG Lidi, YU Weihua, and SHAN Qi
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  • School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    A 32-way wideband and high-efficiency power combiner operating at the W-band is designed. The component employs a hybrid E-H plane T-junction to enhance the compactness of the power combiner. To extend the combining bandwidth, ridge waveguide transmission lines are introduced, along with multi-section impedance matching steps and gradual transitions. This structure features compactness, wideband matching, and high efficiency. To validate the proposed method, a 32-way back-to-back power combiner was fabricated and tested. Experimental results show that the structure achieves a return loss better than 15 dB, an insertion loss below 1.05 dB, a relative bandwidth of 37.8%, and a combining efficiency exceeding 78.4% across the W-band. These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed design method, demonstrating significant application potential for multi-channel power combining scenarios.

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    GAO Gang, ZHOU Ziqiao, WANG Xinyue, ZHANG Lidi, YU Weihua, SHAN Qi. Design and realization of a W-band 32-way broadband high-efficiency power combiner[J]. Journal of Terahertz Science and Electronic Information Technology , 2025, 23(2): 138

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    Received: Feb. 28, 2023

    Accepted: Mar. 13, 2025

    Published Online: Mar. 13, 2025

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    DOI:10.11805/tkyda2023048

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