Title :
Authors\´ reply to \´Comments on "Converting baluns into broadband impedance-transform hybrids"\´
Author :
Ang, Kian Sen ; Leong, Yoke Choy
Author_Institution :
DSO Nat. Labs., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
It was commented that the concept that a hybrid ring may consist of an in-phase power divider and a balun was already introduced by H.-R. Ahn et al. [ibid. vol. 42, pp. 2216-2241 (1994)] and developed theoretically by H.-R. Ahn et al. [ibid. vol. 44, pp. 2241-2247 (1997)]. The differences between the concepts in the title paper [K.S. Ang & Y.-C. Leong, ibid. vol. 50, pp. 1990-1195 (2002)] with these papers will now be highlighted.
Keywords :
baluns; impedance convertors; power dividers; Marchand baluns; baluns conversion; broadband impedance-transform hybrids; coupling coefficients; even-mode analysis; hybrid ring; in-phase power divider; odd-mode excitations; three-port S-matrices; Circuit synthesis; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Impedance matching; Microwave theory and techniques; Phase shifters; Phase transformers; Power dividers; Scattering parameters;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2003.821226
