Impedance transforming rat-race couplers with modified Lange section

Smolarz, Robert; Wincza, Krzysztof; Gruszczyński, Sławomir

doi:10.1080/09205071.2017.1411836

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“…This technique was first introduced theoretically by S. March in 1968 [18], where a shorted coupled line coupler section with λ/4 length is used instead of the 3λ/4 section. In [19], two quarter wavelength coupled line coupler are added to the structure in [18] to have different impedances at two ports of the rat-race coupler with wide bandwidth. The same technique is implemented in the coplanar waveguide [20], [21], finite-groundplane coplanar waveguide (FGCPW) [22], and inter digit coplanar waveguide [23].…”

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“…Third, the rat-race with the added quarter wavelengths is presented as a first step for a wide bandwidth (increasing the matching and isolation bandwidths). Also, multiple quarter wavelength transforms can be used to have different input and output impedances as in [19]. Finally, rat-race with the quarter wavelengths and the open stub at the middle of the 3λ/4 branch line is presented.…”

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Wideband Printed Ridge Gap Rat-Race Coupler for Differential Feeding Antenna

Afifi

Sebak

2020

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In this paper, a wideband 3 dB hybrid 180 • rat-race coupler is introduced in the printed ridge gap waveguide technology. It has simultaneous wide matching and isolation bandwidth with low output amplitude imbalance. It operates in the millimeter wave band from 25.8 to 34.2 GHz (27.96%) with 15 dB return loss and isolation, and ±0.5 dB output amplitude imbalance. The proposed design employing an open stub at the middle of the 3λ/4 branch line and quarter wavelength lines at all the ports of the coupler. The objective of the added open stub is to separate the output ports amplitudes around the-3 dB level by certain values depending on the required amplitude imbalance. The analytical derivation for the role of the added open stub is presented along with a parametric study on its effect on amplitude imbalance, matching, and isolation. This results in having two intersection points for the output ports instead of one of the conventional coupler and hence the amplitude imbalance bandwidth increases. The objective of the added quarter wavelength lines is to improve the matching and isolation bandwidths. First, the conventional rat-race coupler is presented and a bandwidth of 14.25% at 30 GHz is achieved. After that the rat-race with the added quarter wavelength lines is presented to illustrate the objective of the added quarter wavelength lines and a bandwidth of 19.44% is achieved. Finally, the rat-race with the quarter wavelength lines and the added stub is presented and a prototype is fabricated and measured. The s-parameters measurements are in a good agreement with the simulated ones. INDEX TERMS Printed ridge gap, rat race coupler, millimeter wave components. ISLAM AFIFI (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and communication engineering and the M.Sc. degree in engineering physics from Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering with

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