• DocumentCode
    2759957
  • Title

    A compact rat race coupler design for dual-band applications

  • Author

    Wong, Fai-Leung ; Cheng, Kwok-Keung M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    12-15 Dec. 2006
  • Firstpage
    667
  • Lastpage
    670
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the novel design of a compact rat-race coupler that can operate at two widely separated frequency bands. This is accomplished by modifying the branch line impedance values and the insertion of two additional shunt stubs into the conventional design. The proposed circuit also features planar structure and low insertion loss. For verification, both simulated and measured performance of a microstrip rat-race coupler operating at 900/1500 MHz are shown.
  • Keywords
    UHF couplers; microstrip couplers; branch line impedance; compact rat race coupler design; dual-band applications; features planar structure; frequency 1500 MHz; frequency 900 MHz; microstrip rat-race coupler; shunt stubs; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Design engineering; Dual band; Equations; Frequency; Impedance; Insertion loss; Microstrip; Passive circuits; couplers; dual-band; rat race;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2006. APMC 2006. Asia-Pacific
  • Conference_Location
    Yokohama
  • Print_ISBN
    978-4-902339-08-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-902339-11-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.2006.4429508
  • Filename
    4429508