Skip to main content

High-Power Circulator: Assembly Design and Challenges

Research Authors
Mohammad Ali AbdElraheem; Shoukry I. Shams; Mahmoud Elsaadany; Ghyslain Gagnon; Ahmed A. Kishk
Research Member
Research Department
Research Date
Research Year
2022
Research Journal
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Research Publisher
IEEE
Research Vol
70
Research Rank
International Journal
Research_Pages
4354 - 4364
Research Website
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9868212
Research Abstract

A high-power Y-junction circulator is proposed for radar applications in the Ku-band (12–18 GHz). The design consists of two identical circulators combined using power splitters at all ports. The overall circulator network achieves 20-dB isolation level and return loss over the Ku-band with a peak power level of 14 kW. An internally matched divider is used at one port of the overall system to eliminate the cavity resonances produced by the practical asymmetries between the two circulators. The asymmetry problem is analyzed in detail to understand the consequences of these practical variations fully. Experimental validation is done by a fabricated prototype and shows a good agreement between the simulated and the measured results with differences in the range of ±2 dB.

Research Rank
International Journal