Title :
A monolithic or hybrid broadband compensated balun
Author :
Pavio, A.M. ; Kikel, A.
Author_Institution :
Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
A compact microstrip balun structure, capable of multioctave performance, has been devised for monolithic or hybrid circuit applications. The structure requires no suspended substrate techniques and can be designed to occupy only a small amount of circuit area, thus allowing it to be easily integrated with a variety of monolithic circuit designs such as mixers, multipliers, and class B push-pull amplifiers. If a matching network is incorporated with the balun structure, a 10:1 operational bandwidth can be achieved.<>
Keywords :
MMIC; compensation; hybrid integrated circuits; microwave integrated circuits; strip line components; MIC; MMIC; broadband compensated balun; class B push-pull amplifiers; hybrid circuit applications; matching network; microstrip balun structure; mixers; monolithic circuit designs; multioctave performance; multipliers; Coaxial components; Conducting materials; Coupling circuits; Dielectric substrates; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1990., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1990.99624
