DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF REDUCED-SIZE IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMING UNIPLANAR MMIC BRANCHLINE COUPLER

被引:11
作者
GILLICK, M [1 ]
ROBERTSON, ID [1 ]
JOSHI, JS [1 ]
机构
[1] BRITISH AEROSP SPACE SYST LTD,DEPT SATELLITE PAYLOAD ENGN,STEVENAGE SG1 2AS,HERTS,ENGLAND
关键词
MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; COUPLERS; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WAVE-GUIDES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920987
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
Design equations for the realisation of a reduced-size impedance transforming branchline coupler are presented together with the measured results of a fabricated prototype GaAs MMIC coupler using coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission lines. The coupler which is less than 25% of the area of the standard branchline coupler has low coupling imbalance, with good return losses, and excellent isolation.
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页码:1555 / 1557
页数:3
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