A compact two-way high-power microwave combiner

C Chang; J Sun; Z F Xiong; L T Guo; Y S Liu; Z Q Zhang; X L Wu

doi:10.1063/1.4891698

A compact two-way high-power microwave combiner

Rev Sci Instrum. 2014 Aug;85(8):084704. doi: 10.1063/1.4891698.

Authors

C Chang¹, J Sun¹, Z F Xiong¹, L T Guo¹, Y S Liu¹, Z Q Zhang¹, X L Wu¹

Affiliation

¹ Science and Technology of High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, China.

PMID: 25173292
DOI: 10.1063/1.4891698

Abstract

A compact 2-way high-power microwave (HPM) waveguide combiner as an important equipment to realize the coherent microwave combination was theoretically designed, built, and proof-of-principle experimentally tested. The theoretical and experimental S-parameters are basically consistent with each other: return loss <-25 dB, and the isolation degree between 2-channels of the HPM combiner >25 dB to avoid the inter-modulating between the HPM sources. The C-band HPM experiment was carried out, and the power capacity of the HPM combiner was demonstrated to reach multi-gigawatts.