• DocumentCode
    1215933
  • Title

    Design and realisation of reduced-size impedance transforming uniplanar MMIC branchline coupler

  • Author

    Gillick, M. ; Robertson, Ian D. ; Joshi, J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Kings Coll., London Univ., UK
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    7/30/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1555
  • Lastpage
    1557
  • Abstract
    Design equations for the realisation of a reduced-size impedance transforming branchline coupler are presented together with the measured results of a fabricated prototype GaAs MMIC coupler using coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission lines. The coupler which is less than 25% of the area of the standard branchline coupler has low coupling imbalance, with good return losses, and excellent isolation.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; impedance convertors; impedance matching; strip line components; waveguide components; CPW; GaAs; MMIC; area; branchline coupler; compact circuit layouts; coplanar waveguide; coupling imbalance; design equations; fabricated prototype; impedance transforming branchline coupler; isolation; measured results; realisation; reduced size impedance transformers; return losses; semiconductors; transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920987
  • Filename
    153242