Title :
Wiggly Phase Shifters and Directional Couplers for Radio-Frequency Hybrid-Microcircuit Applications
Author_Institution :
The Bendix Corporation,Kansas City, MO
fDate :
12/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A packaging technique which makes use of a wiggly (sawtooth) conductor-edge geometry between adjacent conductors has been developed for the fabrication of microwave hybrid microcircuit-directional couplers and phase shifters. The new technique provides approximately a 20-percent space saving as well as a significant improvement in circuit fabrication.
Keywords :
Microstrip directional couplers; Microwave integrated circuits; Thin-film circuits; Conducting materials; Dielectric constant; Directional couplers; Geometry; Microwave propagation; Packaging; Permeability; Phase shifters; Radio frequency; Substrates;
Journal_Title :
Parts, Hybrids, and Packaging, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPHP.1976.1135157
