DocumentCode
915199
Title
Novel miniaturised wideband baluns for MIC and MMIC applications
Author
Nguyen, Cam ; Smith, D.
Author_Institution
Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Volume
29
Issue
12
fYear
1993
fDate
6/10/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1060
Lastpage
1061
Abstract
Very compact novel planar broadband baluns are described. Each balun consists of two Lange couplers. Less than 0.3 dB and 2.5 degrees for the amplitude and phase balances, respectively, have been measured over the 1.0-2.2 GHz bandwidth for a microstrip balun. As compared with other reported baluns, these baluns are simpler, more compact, easier to design, and fabricated on only one side of the substrate. They are thus very attractive for microwave integrated circuit (MIC) and monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) applications.
Keywords
MMIC; directional couplers; microstrip components; microwave integrated circuits; 1 to 2.2 GHz; 1.2 GHz; Lange couplers; MIC; MMIC; microstrip balun; miniaturised wideband baluns; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; planar broadband baluns;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19930708
Filename
220804
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