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OBJECTIVE
To design a miniaturized branch line coupler which can
operate at 2.45ghz The topology of the circuit is designed using novel design of T-model approach with open stubs with high-low impedances The miniaturized branch-line coupler can be fabricated with a low-cost FR4 substrate as a platform , producing significant reduction by more than 64.21% compared to the conventional coupler on inexpensive board
Introduction
The branch-line coupler can be used as a power divider,
combiner or a part of mixer in microwave integrated circuits The coupler employs a quarter-wave length transformers to develop a simple square-shaped connfiguration that is used for power dividing or power combining functions At lower frequencies, the size of conventional branch line is exceedingly large in printed circuit
which is large at lower frequency, and invariably affects the dimension of quarter-wavelength (/4) transmission lines used.
portable devices require components with compact size
and applicable to shrink the length of the transmission line and invariably the dimension of the branch line coupler the concept design of T- model and /4 model as introduced respectively the proposed novel technique which combines high and low impedance in order to miniature size achieves greater reduction of 64.21% compared to conventional ones.
COUPLER STRUCTURE
transmission lines are derived using the electromagnetic simulator AWR Tool Both side of through and shunt arm of the couplers were built on FR-4 substrate with permittivity, permeability, loss tangent and heights are 4.7, 1, 0.019 and 0.8 mm, respectively. The length of fabricated shunt line of branch-line coupler is 10 mm, which offers about 41.1% reduction from the conventional shunt arm line of conventional coupler These high impedence lines are dually located at the left and right side of the design architecture of the coupler circuit.
CIRCUIT SCHEMATIC
RESULT &ANALYSIS
CONCLUSION
the proposed miniaturized one were designed, simulated and fabricated at the frequency of 2.45 GHz.
both couplers can be etched on the same FR4 substrate. The
size reduction of the proposed design is 64.21% with comparable performance as that of the conventional branch line coupler. The ease of design using standard etching process makes the fabrication of the miniaturized coupler simpler and with low cost. This prototype can be integrated into the design of microwave or millimeter-wave integrated circuits where the compactness of components is crucial.
FUTURE SCOPE
Can be used in communication equipments which
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