• DocumentCode
    232754
  • Title

    Design of a 180° directional coupler with arbitrary branch lengths

  • Author

    Arigong, Bayaner ; Jin Shao ; Mi Zhou ; Jun Ding ; Han Ren ; Hyoungsoo Kim ; Hualiang Zhang

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    3-4 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A general method for designing a 3 dB 180° directional coupler with arbitrary branch lengths is proposed. Full wave electromagnetic simulation is conducted to verify the design theory. An experimental prototype of a 1.06λ-ring rat-race coupler with arm lengths λ/12, 7λ/12, λ/5, and λ/5 has been fabricated. The measurement results validate the proposed design method.
  • Keywords
    directional couplers; arbitrary branch lengths; directional coupler; full wave electromagnetic simulation; rat-race coupler; Directional couplers; Equations; Mathematical model; Ports (Computers); Power transmission lines; 3 dB directional coupler; Coupler; microwave component;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS), 2014 Texas Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Waco, TX
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WMCaS.2014.7015883
  • Filename
    7015883