Title :
MMIC Wilkinson couplers for frequencies up to 110 GHz
Author :
Kother, D. ; Hopf, B. ; Sporkmann, Th. ; Wolff, I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Mobil- und Satellitenfunktech., Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
Abstract :
Reciprocal power splitters and combiners can be realized by using Wilkinson couplers. However, for frequencies lower than a few GHz such couplers are normally too large for application in MMICs. At the same time, for designing Wilkinson couplers at high frequencies discontinuities must be considered. For the first time, this paper reports on miniaturized Wilkinson couplers for 1.8 GHz with space requirements of 1.2/spl times/0.8 mm/sup 2/ as well as on designing couplers for frequencies up to 80 GHz.<>
Keywords :
MIMIC; MMIC; coplanar waveguides; microstrip couplers; microstrip discontinuities; millimetre wave couplers; millimetre wave devices; 1.8 to 110 GHz; MMIC Wilkinson couplers; discontinuities; miniaturized Wilkinson couplers; reciprocal power combiners; reciprocal power splitters; space requirements; Bandwidth; Coplanar waveguides; Couplers; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Inductors; Joining processes; MMICs; Resistors; Scattering parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2581-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1995.405920
