Title :
Broadband small-size LTCC directional couplers
Author :
Turalchuk, Pavel ; Munina, Irina ; Kapitanova, Polina ; Kholodnyak, Dmitry ; Stoepel, Dirk ; Humbla, Stefan ; Mueller, Jens ; Hein, Matthias A. ; Vendik, Irina
Author_Institution :
St.-Petersburg Electrotech. Univ., St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a quadrature directional coupler and rat-race rings with broadband operation and miniaturized sizes. The devices have been designed and manufactured based on quasi-lumped elements using a Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics (LTCC) technology.
Keywords :
ceramics; directional couplers; broadband small-size LTCC directional couplers; low temperature cofired ceramics technology; quadrature directional coupler; quasi-lumped elements; rat-race rings;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2010 European
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7232-1
