Fully integrated UWB microwave reflectometer in multi-layer microstrip-slot technology

Author

Seman, Norhudah ; Bialkowski, Marek E. ; Khor, Wee Chang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD

fYear

2008

fDate

16-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the design of a low cost reflectometer, which provides operation over an ultra wide frequency band from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, has been presented. The device is fully integrated and uses five couplers and one power divider in microstrip-slot technology. The design has been accomplished with the use of commercially available full-wave CAD package, CST Microwave Studio. The designed device has been manufactured and experimentally tested. Its UWB operation has been confirmed by measurements.

Keywords

microstrip lines; power dividers; reflectometers; ultra wideband technology; waveguide couplers; CST Microwave Studio; UWB operation; couplers; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; full-wave CAD package; fully integrated UWB microwave reflectometer; multilayer microstrip-slot technology; power divider; ultra wide frequency band; Costs; Couplers; Design automation; Frequency; Manufacturing; Microstrip; Microwave devices; Microwave technology; Packaging; Power dividers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Macau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2641-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2642-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2008.4957894

Filename

4957894