Microwave characterization of integrated and multilayered directional couplers for wireless communication applications

Author

Fortin, P. ; Flechet, B. ; Grandjean, P. ; Angenieux, G. ; Radiall, S.A.

Author_Institution

LAHC, Savoie Univ., Chambery, France

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

13-19 June 1999

Firstpage

1759

Abstract

A fast and accurate method characterizing embedded and coupled transmission lines is presented. Such multilayered structures are used to realize integrated directional couplers. The method requires simple two-ports network analyzer S-parameter measurements performed with a TRL calibration. Extractions of inductance and capacitance matrices are obtained in the [0.5-3.5] GHz frequency bandwidth. Comparisons with electromagnetic modeling results are given.

Keywords

S-parameters; calibration; coupled transmission lines; directional couplers; microwave measurement; network analysers; radio equipment; two-port networks; 0.5 to 3.5 GHz; S-parameter measurement; TRL calibration; capacitance matrix; coupled transmission lines; electromagnetic model; embedded device; inductance matrix; integrated directional coupler; microwave characteristics; multilayered structure; two-port network analyzer; wireless communication; Calibration; Capacitance; Couplings; Directional couplers; Electromagnetic measurements; Inductance; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5135-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1999.780312

Filename

780312