Tunable asymmetric composite right-/left-handed transmission line directional coupler controlled by applied voltage

Author

Wang, Youzhen ; Zha, Yewen ; He, Li ; Liu, Fuqiang ; Li, Hongqiang ; Chen, Hong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. & Inf., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

4-7 Dec. 2005

Abstract

A novel electronically-controlled asymmetric directional coupler is presented. This asymmetric structure is composed of a conventional microstrip line and a composite right-/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line incorporating varactors for voltage-controlled operation. Tunable working frequency is achieved as modulating the capacitances of the structure by adjusting the bias voltage applied to the varactors. This directional coupler demonstrates tunable broad bandwidth and tight coupling characteristic by varying the varactors bias voltages from 0V to 12V. Measured and simulated S-parameters versus bias voltage relationship are shown. The loss effect of the varactor is also discussed.

Keywords

S-parameters; metamaterials; microstrip directional couplers; transmission lines; varactors; 0 to 12 V; S-parameters; asymmetric directional coupler; bias voltage; left-handed transmission line; microstrip line; right-handed transmission line; tight coupling characteristic; tunable broad bandwidth; varactor diodes; voltage-controlled operation; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Couplings; Directional couplers; Frequency; Microstrip; Transmission line measurements; Transmission lines; Varactors; Voltage control; composite right-/left-handed (CRLH); transmission line (TL); tunable coupler; varactor diode;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference Proceedings, 2005. APMC 2005. Asia-Pacific Conference Proceedings

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9433-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2005.1606216

Filename

1606216