Title :
Quasiplanar 3 dB hybrid for millimetre-wave integrated circuits
Author :
Callsen, H. ; Schmidt, Lorenz-Peter
Author_Institution :
AEG-Telefunken, Hochfrequenztechnik, Ulm, West Germany
Abstract :
A quasiplanar 3 dB hybrid suitable for integration in millimetre-wave fin-line circuits is presented. The performance of the device is characterised by 0.5 dB insertion loss, less than 0.5 dB imbalance and 20¿25 dB isolation over the entire Ka-band (26.5¿40 GHz).
Keywords :
fin lines; microwave integrated circuits; waveguide couplers; 26.5 to 40 GHz; Ka-band; fin-line circuits; hybrid fin line coupler; insertion loss; millimetre-wave integrated circuits; quasiplanar 3 dB hybrid; waveguide coupler;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820111