• DocumentCode
    3004282
  • Title

    A parallel connected Marchand balun using spiral shaped equal length coupled lines

  • Author

    Shimozawa, M. ; Itoh, K. ; Sasaki, Y. ; Kawano, H. ; Isota, Y. ; Ishida, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    13-19 June 1999
  • Firstpage
    1737
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a 6-20 GHz broadband planar monolithic balun. To get a broadband characteristic without narrow spaced coupled transmission lines, a parallel connected Marchand balun with spiral shaped equal length coupled lines are used. A developed monolithic balun achieves the maximum insertion loss of 5 dB including 3 dB power splitting loss from 6 to 20 GHz.
  • Keywords
    baluns; coupled transmission lines; 5 dB; 6 to 20 GHz; Marchand balun; broadband planar monolithic balun; insertion loss; parallel connection; power splitting loss; spiral shaped coupled transmission lines; Capacitance; Coupling circuits; Degradation; Impedance matching; Information technology; Insertion loss; Joining processes; Power transmission lines; Research and development; Spirals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5135-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1999.780307
  • Filename
    780307