Title :
A 3-dB multilayer coupler with UC-PBG structure
Author :
Meissner, Pawel ; Kitlinski, Marek
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microwave & Antenna Eng., Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Poland
Abstract :
A novel broadside coupled stripline coupler with a uniplanar compact photonic bandgap (UC-PBG) structure is presented. Construction of the coupler is based on a stripline with two-dimensional periodically etched ground plane. The slow-wave phenomenon has been predicted and observed. Numerical and experimental investigations show an enhanced backward coupling effect. The usefulness of both phenomena in the coupler construction has been verified experimentally.
Keywords :
photonic band gap; slow wave structures; strip line couplers; 2D periodically etched ground plane; backward coupling effect; broadside coupled stripline coupler; coupler construction; multilayer coupler; slow-wave phenomenon; uniplanar compact photonic bandgap structure; Capacitance; Cutoff frequency; Electromagnetic propagation; Etching; Inductance; Microstrip; Nonhomogeneous media; Photonic band gap; Stripline; Strips;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2004.842807
