• DocumentCode
    656845
  • Title

    Broadband and small-size fully-distributed CRLH based ring coupler

  • Author

    Simion, Stefan ; Bartolucci, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Commun., MTA, Bucharest, Romania
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    14-16 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    100
  • Abstract
    A topology for a 3-dB broadband and small-size ring coupler is designed and numerically analyzed. It consists of fully-distributed Composite Right-/Left-Handed phase shifters and a Lange coupler. The frequency bandwidth is one octave centered on 1.5 GHz. The area occupied by the coupler is 25% of the conventional ring coupler topology. The coupler has been fabricated and it is ready for the experimental characterization.
  • Keywords
    electric connectors; numerical analysis; phase shifters; Lange coupler; broadband CRLH based ring coupler; frequency bandwidth; fully-distributed composite right-/left-handed phase shifters; numerical analysis; ring coupler topology; small-size fully-distributed CRLH based ring coupler; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Couplers; Microwave circuits; Phase shifters; Topology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2013 International
  • Conference_Location
    Sinaia
  • ISSN
    1545-827X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5670-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1545-827X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMICND.2013.6688099
  • Filename
    6688099