In this study, a low-cost in-line WR-19 waveguide-to-coaxial adapter using a PCB-based ridge structure was proposed to reduce the manufacturing cost and fabrication difficulty of conventional metallic ridge structures. The proposed structure was desig...
In this study, a low-cost in-line WR-19 waveguide-to-coaxial adapter using a PCB-based ridge structure was proposed to reduce the manufacturing cost and fabrication difficulty of conventional metallic ridge structures. The proposed structure was designed to realize electrical characteristics similar to those of a conventional metallic ridge by using stepped copper patterns and via holes formed on a printed circuit board.
A prototype adapter was fabricated based on the proposed structure, and its performance was measured using a vector network analyzer (VNA). Simulation and measurement results showed that reflection coefficients of less than -15 dB were achieved over the entire operating frequency band.
Therefore, the proposed adapter can simplify the fabrication process and reduce the manufacturing cost compared with conventional metallic ridge structures while maintaining stable electrical performance, and it is expected to be effectively applied to millimeter-wave waveguide-to-coaxial adapter designs.