Criteria for Wide-Band Radial Switch Design.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Qingyuan Wang; Lecours, Michel
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory & Techniques. Jan2001, Vol. 49 Issue 1, p128. 5p. 4 Black and White Photographs, 2 Diagrams, 4 Graphs.
- Subject
- *ELECTRIC switchgear
*TELECOMMUNICATION satellites
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-9480
Presents the design of radial switches such as can be used in electronically steered circular array antennas for satellite communications mobile terminals. Required inductance for the diode shunt capacitance compensation for lower insertion loss; Selection of the switching circuit and diode used in each channel of the terminal; Analytical formulas for the ideal transmission line switch.