Mountain-Shaped Coupler for Ultra Wideband Applications

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作者：

Abang Zaidel, Dyg Norkhairunnisa ^{[1
]}

Rahim, Sharul Kamal Abdul ^{[1
]}

Seman, Norhudah ^{[1
]}

Rahman, Tharek Abdul ^{[1
]}

Dewan, Raimi ^{[1
]}

Ausordin, Siti Fatimah ^{[1
]}

Hall, Peter S. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Teknol Malaysia, Fac Elect Eng, WCC, Johor Baharu 81310, Malaysia

[2] Univ Binaingham, Sch Elect Elect & Comp Eng, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England

来源：

RADIOENGINEERING | 2013年 / 22卷 / 03期

关键词：

Ultra-wideband frequency; coupler design; beam-forming; Butler matrix; multilayer technology; BREAST-CANCER; DIRECTIONAL-COUPLERS; DESIGN;

D O I：

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中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

This paper demonstrates a novel mountain-shaped design for a compact 3-dB coupler operating at ultra-wideband (UWB) frequencies from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz. The proposed design was accomplished using multilayer technology in which the structure is formed by three layers of conductors interleaved by a layer of substrate between each conductor layer. Simulation was carried out using CST Microwave Studio; the result was then compared with results from rectangular and star-shaped couplers that implemented the same technique. The results obtained show that the proposed new coupler has better performance compared to both rectangular and star-shaped coupler designs in terms of return loss, isolation, and phase difference. The coupler was fabricated and measured; the measurement results satisfactorily agree with the simulation results.

引用

页码：745 / 750

页数：6

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