Design of modified 4 × 6  filtering butler matrix based on all-resonator structures

Qiang Shao; Fu-chang Chen; Yi Wang; Qing-xin Chu; Michael J. Lancaster

doi:10.1109/TMTT.2019.2925113

Design of modified 4 × 6 filtering butler matrix based on all-resonator structures

Qiang Shao, Fu-chang Chen, Yi Wang, Qing-xin Chu, Michael J. Lancaster

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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In this paper, two novel 4 × 6 filtering Butler matrices with uniform and nonuniform power distribution are proposed. The matrices, consisting of a network of coupled resonators and two phase shifters, provide power division and phase shift together with a bandpass transfer function. The analytical synthesis procedures for the 4 × 6 filtering Butler matrices are presented. To verify the concept experimentally, two 4 × 6 filtering Butler matrices, operating at 2.4 GHz, with uniform and nonuniform power distribution are designed, fabricated, and measured. Simulated and measured results are found to be in good agreement with each other. Multibeam antenna arrays are realized by using the Butler matrix, and the theoretical analysis has been confirmed by measurements of multibeam antenna arrays, which show reduced sidelobe level (SLL).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3617-3627
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	67
Issue number	9
Early online date	15 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2019.2925113
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2019

Keywords

Bandpass filter
Butler matrix
microstrip
switched-beam antenna
Butler matrices
Transmission line matrix methods
Couplers
Resonators
Antenna measurements
Switches

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Design of modified 4 × 6 filtering butler matrix based on all-resonator structures

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