Novel broadband multilayer microstrip directional couplers
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Eroglu, Abdullah; Goulding, Richard; Ryan, Phil; Caughman, John; Rasmussen, David
- Source
- 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE. :1-4 Jul, 2010
- Subject
- Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Directional couplers
Couplings
Nonhomogeneous media
Microstrip
Microwave circuits
Broadband communication
Directional coupler
multilayer
ceramic
Alumina
simulator
- Language
- ISSN
- 1522-3965
1947-1491
Design method of novel multilayer, broadband six port microstrip directional coupler at VHF- UHF range for high power applications is given. Directional coupler is modeled and simulated with the method of moments based planar electromagnetic simulator on a two-layer Alumina substrate. It is shown that the high directivity and desired coupling level of the directional coupler are maintained within 300MHz of bandwidth using the proposed design method in this paper. Results of this work can be used in the design of broadband directional couplers for high power RF/Microwave applications.