Low-Power Testing of Losses in Millimeter-Wave Transmission Lines for High-Power Applications |
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Authors: | S T Han E N Comfoltey M A Shapiro J R Sirigiri D S Tax R J Temkin P P Woskov and D A Rasmussen |
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Institution: | (1) Plasma Science and Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139–4294, USA;(2) Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, Changwon, Kyungnam, 641–120, Republic of Korea;(3) Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the ITER Project Office, Oak Ridge, TN, USA |
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Abstract: | We report the measurement of small losses in transmission line (TL) components intended for high-power millimeter-wave applications.
Measurements were made using two different low-power techniques: a coherent technique using a vector network analyzer (VNA)
and an incoherent technique using a radiometer. The measured loss in a 140 GHz 12.7 mm diameter TL system, consisting of 1.7 m
of circular corrugated waveguide and three miter bends, is dominated by the miter bend loss. The measured loss was 0.3 ± 0.1 dB
per miter bend using a VNA; and 0.22 ± 0.1 dB per miter bend using a radiometer. Good agreement between the two measurement
techniques implies that both are useful for measuring small losses. To verify the methodology, the VNA technique was employed
to measure the extremely small transmission loss in a 170 GHz ITER prototype TL system consisting of three lengths of 1 m,
63.5 mm diameter, circular corrugated waveguide and two miter bends. The measured loss of 0.05 ± 0.02 dB per miter bend may
be compared with the theoretical loss of 0.027 dB per miter bend. These results suggest that low-power testing of TL losses,
utilizing a small, simple TL system and a VNA, is a reliable method for evaluating performance of low-loss millimeter-wave
TL components intended for use in high-power applications. |
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Keywords: | Millimeter wave Transmission line Gyrotron Miter bend Corrugated waveguide ITER |
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