Author： Taravati S. Khalaj-Amirhosseini M.
Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN： 1569-3937
Source： Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol.26, Iss.10, 2012-07, pp. : 1323-1331
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Abstract
The implementation of microstrip nonuniform transmission lines (MNTLs) for dual-band branch-line coupler design is presented in this study. The proposed structure demonstrates dual-band performance, low insertion loss, and compact size in comparison with other prior proposed dual-band branch-line couplers. The current work fabricates an experimental dual-band branch-line couplers working at 0.9/1.8 GHz. Employing the stubless branches also leads to circuit miniaturization and achieves an overall size reduction up to 64.4%, compared with conventional stub tapped dual-band couplers. Also, stubless dual-band operation of the coupler causes the same phase relation between the two output signals at the two frequency bands. The measured results validate good dual-band performance.
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