• DocumentCode
    874005
  • Title

    Comments on "Converting baluns into broad-band impedance-transforming 180° hybrids"

  • Author

    Ahn, Hee-Ran

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    228
  • Lastpage
    230
  • Abstract
    The above paper [K.S. Ang & Y.C. Leong, ibid., vol.50, pp. 1990-1995, 2002] suggests a ring hybrid adopting a Marchand balun. For this, a main concept that the ring hybrid consists of an in-phase divider and a balun is used.
  • Keywords
    baluns; equivalent circuits; impedance convertors; power dividers; Marchand balun; baluns conversion; broadband impedance-transforming hybrids; characteristic impedance; in-phase divider; ring hybrid; two-port even-mode equivalent circuit; Circuits; Equations; Impedance matching; Power dividers; Resistors; Scattering parameters; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.2003.821224
  • Filename
    1262696