A review of hybrid couplers: State‐of‐the‐art, applications, design issues and challenges

AA Abdulbari, SK Abdul Rahim, PJ Soh… - … Journal of Numerical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the hybrid branch‐line coupler has attracted much attention due to its
appealing features such as of low cost and ease in fabrication for wireless communications …

Low-noise amplifier for next-generation radio astronomy telescopes: Review of the state-of-the-art cryogenic LNAs in the most challenging applications

CC Chiong, Y Wang, KC Chang… - IEEE Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that explores the universe via radio signals up to
a few terahertz. Since the first detection of radio signals from the Milky Way by Karl G. Jansky …

Four‐hundred gigahertz broadband multi‐branch waveguide coupler

B Zhang, Z Niu, J Wang, D Ji, T Zhou… - IET Microwaves …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Terahertz technology is a hotspot in the current academic research. In this study, a 400 GHz
broadband multi‐branch waveguide hybrid coupler is designed, but it is very difficult to …

A mechanical reliability study of 3-dB waveguide hybrid couplers in submillimeter and terahertz bands

Z Niu, B Zhang, D Li, D Ji, Y Liu, Y Feng, T Zhou… - Frontiers of Information …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents a mechanical reliability study of 3-dB waveguide hybrid couplers in
submillimeter and terahertz bands. To show the necessity of improving the mechanical …

A 324-element Vivaldi antenna array for radio astronomy instrumentation

EW Reid, L Ortiz-Balbuena, A Ghadiri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a 324-element 2-D broadside array for radio astronomy instrumentation
which is sensitive to two mutually orthogonal polarizations. The array is composed of …

Design of wideband waveguide hybrid with ultra-low amplitude imbalance

H Rashid, V Desmaris, V Belitsky, M Ruf… - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a design and synthesis procedure for a new 90° waveguide hybrid with ultra-low
amplitude imbalance. This novel hybrid design is based on Reed's multiple branch …

3-D compact 3-dB branch-line directional couplers based on through-silicon via technology for millimeter-wave applications

Q Lu, Z Zhu, G Shan, Y Liu, X Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A bandwidth optimization model for a novel equivalent 90° transmission-line section is
proposed in this paper. Furthermore, the structure of 3-D compact 3-dB branch-line …

Cryogenic wideband quadrature hybrid couplers implemented in a low temperature superconductor multilayer process

NK Khaira, T Singh, RR Mansour - 2022 IEEE/MTT-S …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication and testing of two cryogenic 90° hybrid couplers
operating at Ka and Ku bands. The hybrid couplers use a CPW based tandem coupled line …

A 16 GHz Bandwidth Cryogenic IF Amplifier with 4-K Noise Temperature for Sub-mm Radio-Astronomy Receivers

I López-Fernández, JD Gallego, C Diez… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The major mm and sub-mm radio-astronomy observatories are prioritizing instantaneous
bandwidth widening for their current or planned upgrades this decade. We present an ultra …

Design and performance of a sideband separating SIS mixer for 800–950 GHz

A Khudchenko, R Hesper, AM Baryshev… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and results of characterization of a new sideband separating (2SB)
mixer for 800-950 GHz, based on superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) junctions …