• DocumentCode
    2371208
  • Title

    New High Directivity Coupler Design Using Feed-forward Compensation Technique

  • Author

    Bensmida, Souheil ; Ghannouchi, Fadhel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    27-31 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    191
  • Lastpage
    194
  • Abstract
    In this paper, an original high directivity directional coupler is presented. The proposed structure consists of a dual-directional coupler connected at its coupled terminations to a feed-forward compensation circuit. The compensation circuit is used to increase the coupler isolation factor of the obtained directional coupler. The directivity of a commercial dual-directional coupler has been improved by 40 dB using the proposed method.
  • Keywords
    directional couplers; feedforward; microwave circuits; dual-directional coupler; feed-forward compensation circuit; high directivity directional coupler; isolation factor; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Circuits and systems; Coupling circuits; Design engineering; Directional couplers; Feedforward systems; Instruments; Microwave theory and techniques; Periodic structures; Propagation delay;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-87487-006-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751420
  • Filename
    4751420