DocumentCode
2189485
Title
Transient coupling reduction in edge-coupled coplanar waveguide forward directional couplers
Author
Lyons, M.R. ; Balanis, C.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fYear
1994
fDate
23-27 May 1994
Firstpage
1685
Abstract
Picosecond pulse propagation is studied in symmetric, edge-coupled, coplanar waveguide (CPW) forward directional couplers. Frequency dependent even-and odd-mode effective dielectric constants are found that exactly equalize for specific multi-layer substrate height configurations at a given frequency. Results of transient coupling reduction are presented in a multi-layer compensated structure.<>
Keywords
directional couplers; permittivity; waveguide theory; CPW forward directional couplers; edge-coupled CPW coupler; even-mode effective dielectric constant; multilayer compensated structure; multilayer substrate height configurations; odd-mode effective dielectric constant; picosecond pulse propagation; transient coupling reduction; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Directional couplers; Frequency dependence;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-1778-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335116
Filename
335116
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