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High‐performance rat‐race hybrid ring for RF communication using MEBE‐on‐microstrip technology
Author(s) -
Zhang Fei
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.24383
Subject(s) - microstrip , return loss , rat race coupler , microwave , insertion loss , hybrid coupler , engineering , planar , electrical engineering , harmonic , electronic engineering , power dividers and directional couplers , telecommunications , acoustics , physics , computer science , computer graphics (images) , antenna (radio)
This article presents a planar rat‐race hybrid coupler incorporating a novel technique, which is served by a microstrip electromagnetic band‐gap element (MEBE) on microstrip itself for harmonic suppression and size reduction. The MEBE structure can be easily implemented and utilized in PCB process with no additional/rigorous process and no lumped elements and free ground suspend. Based on the measured results, insertion losses of less than 3.5 dB, return loss of 20 dB, isolation of 25 dB, 25 dB suppression for the 2nd harmonic, and 19 dB suppression for the 3rd harmonic are obtained. In addition, without sacrificing the performance, compact rat‐race coupler with 35.38% area relative to conventional design has been successfully realized. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 1539–1542, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24383