A new six-port junction based on micro-strip technology

Author

Song, Han ; Liu, Shao-bin ; Liu, Song

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

27-29 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

584

Lastpage

587

Abstract

A new six-port junction based on micro-strip technology is proposed and designed. It consists of two Wilkinson power dividers and two -3 dB micro-strip directional couplers. The circuit operates at 10 GHz and the bandwidth of the model is measured and it is larger than 10%. We employed advanced design system (ADS) simulation and optimization. The two input ports connect with local oscillator signal and RF signal, respectively. The I and Q signal are composed by two of the four output signals. With this simple structure, small size, low cost and good performance, the micro-strip six-port junction can be used as communication receiver. Saving mixer, I/Q signals can be obtained through direct demodulation. Compared to other receivers, broader bandwidth is provided. It also can be used in miniaturized circuit with its small size.

Keywords

microstrip circuits; microstrip directional couplers; multiport networks; power dividers; RF signal; Wilkinson power dividers; advanced design system optimization; advanced design system simulation; communication receiver; frequency 10 GHz; local oscillator signal; microstrip directional couplers; microstrip technology; six-port junction; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Costs; Demodulation; Design optimization; Directional couplers; Local oscillators; Power dividers; Power system modeling; RF signals; hybrid coupler; micro-strip; power divider; six-port junction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, 2009 3rd IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4076-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MAPE.2009.5355582

Filename

5355582