IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
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Metal 3D-Printed T-Junction Ortho-Mode-Transducer with an Offset Stepped Post
Hidenori YUKAWAYu USHIJIMAMotomi ABETakeshi OSHIMANaofumi YONEDAMoriyasu MIYAZAKI
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2019 Volume E102.C Issue 1 Pages 56-63

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We propose a T-junction OMT consisting of an offset stepped post. The offset stepped post contributes to the matching of two rectangular ports at the short circuit, situated at the opposite side walls. The structure without conventional ridges is simple and makes it possible to achieve robust performance. We fabricated a proposed T-junction OMT in a single piece of an aluminum alloy, using a commercial metal 3D-printer. The simple and compact structure with robust performance is proposed to overcome the disadvantages of a 3D-printer, such as fabrication tolerance and surface roughness. The measured results demonstrated a return loss of 22dB and an insertion loss of 0.3dB, with a bandwidth of 8% in the K-band.

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