Three-section symmetrical 3-dB directional coupler in multilayer microstrip technology designed with the use of multi-technique compensation

✍ Scribed by Krzysztof Wincza; Slawomir Gruszczynski

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 417 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.24193

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A broadband high‐performance three‐section symmetrical 3‐dB directional coupler designed in a microstrip multilayer technology has been presented for the first time. To achieve excellent properties of the directional coupler a novel approach has been applied in which three different compensation techniques have been simultaneously used. The designed directional coupler features excellent properties over two‐octave frequency band and can be easily applied in large microwave networks as a surface mount element. Both calculated and measured results are presented to confirm the validity of the described design technique. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 902–906, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24193