研究目的
Designing and fabricating a 42 × 42-way one-body 2-D beam-switching Butler matrix with waveguide short-slot 2-plane couplers in the 22 GHz band to reduce size and loss compared to conventional configurations.
研究成果
The 42 × 42-way one-body 2-D beam-switching Butler matrix with short-slot 2-plane couplers has been successfully designed, fabricated, simulated, and measured. It achieves a 2% fractional bandwidth and reduces size and loss compared to conventional configurations, with potential applications in millimeter-wave antenna systems.
研究不足
The measured bandwidth is approximately 2%, restricted by the frequency characteristics of the 2-plane couplers. The performance does not match the simulated results due to imperfections in the input and output transitions.