Title : 
Design equations for broad-band planar aperture coupler
         
        
            Author : 
Rambabu, K. ; Kalghatgi, A.T.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Central Res. Lab., Bharat Electron. Ltd., Bangalore, India
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We present design equations for coupling and directivity of a stripline-to-microstrip line coupler with apertures in their common ground plane. The concept of broad-banding using multiple aperture and supporting experimental results are presented
         
        
            Keywords : 
UHF couplers; microstrip couplers; strip line couplers; broadband planar aperture coupler; common ground plane apertures; design equations; directivity; stripline-to-microstrip line coupler; Apertures; Bandwidth; Dielectric constant; Equations; Impedance; Microstrip; Microwave theory and techniques; Polarization; Saturation magnetization; Stripline;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE