Bandwidth-Enhanced Quadrature Power Splitter and Balun Using Metamaterial Transmission Lines Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:5308551, abstract = {In this paper, the bandwidth-enhanced quadrature power splitter (QPS) and balun using metamaterial (MM) transmission lines (TLs) are presented. They consist of a Wilkinson power divider, a conventional TL, and a well-synthesized MM TL. Since the phase response of the MM TL can be arbitrarily synthesized, the slope of the phase-response curve of the MM TL can be achieved as the same as that of the conventional TL with a specified phase difference, such as 90° or 180°, over a wide frequency range. Two components are designed and implemented at 2 GHz and experimentally demonstrated. The QPS has an output amplitude imbalance of less than 0.9 dB and a phase error of less than ±5° from 1.1-3.5 GHz (104\% relative bandwidth), while over the frequency range of 1.24-3.58 GHz (97\% relative bandwidth), the balun has an output amplitude imbalance of less than 0.7 dB and a phase error of less than ±10°.}, author = {Chang, Chih-Lin and Tseng, Chao-Hsiung}, booktitle = {Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific}, citeulike-article-id = {5308551}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2007.4554699}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4554699}, doi = {10.1109/APMC.2007.4554699}, journal = {Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific}, keywords = {balun, bandwidth, crlh, metamaterial, power}, pages = {1--4}, posted-at = {2009-07-31 12:28:12}, priority = {2}, title = {Bandwidth-Enhanced Quadrature Power Splitter and Balun Using Metamaterial Transmission Lines}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2007.4554699}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:5308551 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5308551 N2 - In this paper, the bandwidth-enhanced quadrature power splitter (QPS) and balun using metamaterial (MM) transmission lines (TLs) are presented. They consist of a Wilkinson power divider, a conventional TL, and a well-synthesized MM TL. Since the phase response of the MM TL can be arbitrarily synthesized, the slope of the phase-response curve of the MM TL can be achieved as the same as that of the conventional TL with a specified phase difference, such as 90° or 180°, over a wide frequency range. Two components are designed and implemented at 2 GHz and experimentally demonstrated. The QPS has an output amplitude imbalance of less than 0.9 dB and a phase error of less than ±5° from 1.1-3.5 GHz (104% relative bandwidth), while over the frequency range of 1.24-3.58 GHz (97% relative bandwidth), the balun has an output amplitude imbalance of less than 0.7 dB and a phase error of less than ±10°. JF - Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific EP - 4 TI - Bandwidth-Enhanced Quadrature Power Splitter and Balun Using Metamaterial Transmission Lines T2 - Microwave Conference, 2007. APMC 2007. Asia-Pacific SP - 1 KW - balun KW - bandwidth KW - crlh KW - metamaterial KW - power AU - Chang, Chih-Lin AU - Tseng, Chao-Hsiung PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2007.4554699 ER -