Study of Wideband Microstrip Correlator for Ultra-Wideband Communication Systems

Author

Wang, Duxiang ; Huynh, Allan ; Hakansson, Par ; Li, Ming ; Gong, Shaofang

Author_Institution

Nanjing Electron. Equip. Inst., Nanjing

fYear

2007

fDate

11-14 Dec. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A new wideband microstrip correlator, which acts as the key component of six-port circuits for ultra-wideband (UWB) systems, is presented. This new correlator, with 40% relative bandwidth, is proposed at the frequency range of 3.1-4.8 GHz of UWB. This correlator utilizes three unique wideband 90deg 3-dB two-branch couplers and one 0deg 3-dB Wilkinson power divider to reach the required bandwidth. This correlator is designed using microstrips for the sake of low cost, simple design, and easy to implement and test. The insertion loss, amplitude imbalance and phase imbalance between ports are given. The results from measurements and simulations are compared, and methods to further improve this new correlator are discussed.

Keywords

microstrip couplers; power dividers; ultra wideband communication; waveguide couplers; Wilkinson power divider; amplitude imbalance; coupler; frequency 3.1 GHz to 4.8 GHz; insertion loss; phase imbalance; ultra wideband communication system; wideband microstrip correlator; Bandwidth; Circuits; Correlators; Costs; Couplers; Frequency; Microstrip components; Power dividers; Ultra wideband communication; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0748-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0749-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2007.4554765

Filename

4554765