Compact planar balun for the UWB dipole feeding network

Author

Sorokosz, Lukasz ; Zieniutycz, Wlodzimierz ; Pergol, Mariusz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave & Antenna Eng., Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland

fYear

2011

fDate

19-20 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Results of numerical simulations of a compact ultra wideband planar microstrip-to-coplanar strips balun is described in this paper. This circuit has been designed on the basis of configuration referenced in the literature. However, for application in the UWB antenna feeding networks it has been redesigned for the appropriate substrate. The designed balun has been loaded with a planar circular dipole, in order to validate its usefulness. Results obtained from full-wave simulations are presented in the paper. Calculated parameters of the balun and antenna show satisfactory level and predestine the circuit for fabrication.

Keywords

baluns; dipole antennas; microstrip antennas; numerical analysis; planar antennas; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna feeding network; UWB dipole feeding network; compact planar balun; compact ultra wideband planar microstrip-to-coplanar strips balun; full-wave simulation; numerical simulation; planar circular dipole; Antenna feeds; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Substrates; Ultra wideband antennas; Planar baluns; UWB; planar dipole; ultra wideband circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radioelektronika (RADIOELEKTRONIKA), 2011 21st International Conference

Conference_Location

Brno

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-325-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADIOELEK.2011.5936459

Filename

5936459