The invention belongs to the technical field of
microwave communication, and particularly relates to an E-plane
waveguide directional coupler and a 16-way
waveguide power divider applying the coupler. The coupler comprises a first rectangular
waveguide and a second rectangular waveguide which are constructed by E-plane
coupling; and a ladder-shaped section for realizing a
broadband phase supplementation function is arranged on the second rectangular waveguide, so that the low-amplitude volatility of each output port of a power divider with a high
power division rate can be ensured. The 16-way waveguide power divider applying the coupler comprises two groups of waveguide E-plane power dividers, wherein a first E-plane waveguide directional coupler is arranged between the last-stage E-T
branch waveguide of the first waveguide E-plane power divider and the previous three stages of power dividing networks, and a second E-plane waveguide directional coupler is arranged between two groups of waveguide E-plane power dividers, so that the amplitude uniformity and phase uniformity of the 16-way power divider can be effectively improved, the problem of large amplitude fluctuation of the power divider with a large
power division rate can be synchronously solved, and a
broadband designing requirement can be realized.