Title :
Wideband, planar, log-periodic balun
Author :
Basraoui, M. ; Prasad, S.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Bradley Univ., Peoria, IL, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the design and performance characteristics of a new planar balun structure. The design is based on the log-periodic antenna theory. The design guidelines, as well as simulated and measured results are presented. It is shown that the new balun has greater than one octave bandwidth. The log-periodic balun will find applications in wireless communication circuits such as mixers, amplifiers and antennas.
Keywords :
baluns; microstrip components; resonators; design guidelines; log-periodic antenna theory; octave bandwidth; performance characteristics; planar balun structure; wideband log-periodic balun; Bandwidth; Electric variables measurement; Guidelines; Impedance matching; Log periodic antennas; Microstrip resonators; Periodic structures; Solid modeling; Testing; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4471-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1998.705107
