Novel broadband multilayer microstrip directional couplers

Author

Eroglu, Abdullah ; Goulding, Richard ; Ryan, Phil ; Caughman, John ; Rasmussen, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., IPFW, IN, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Design method of novel multilayer, broadband six port microstrip directional coupler at VHF- UHF range for high power applications is given. Directional coupler is modeled and simulated with the method of moments based planar electromagnetic simulator on a two-layer Alumina substrate. It is shown that the high directivity and desired coupling level of the directional coupler are maintained within 300MHz of bandwidth using the proposed design method in this paper. Results of this work can be used in the design of broadband directional couplers for high power RF/Microwave applications.

Keywords

UHF couplers; alumina; directional couplers; method of moments; microstrip couplers; VHF-UHF range; broadband directional couplers; broadband multilayer microstrip directional couplers; broadband six port microstrip directional coupler; high power RF applications; high power microwave applications; method of moments; planar electromagnetic simulator; two-layer alumina substrate; Broadband communication; Couplings; Directional couplers; Microstrip; Microwave circuits; Nonhomogeneous media; Alumina; Directional coupler; ceramic; multilayer; simulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561058

Filename

5561058