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 …

Triple-band polarization-insensitive wide-angle ultra-miniature metamaterial transmission line absorber

HX Xu, GM Wang, MQ Qi, JG Liang, JQ Gong… - Physical Review B …, 2012 - APS
We report on the design, fabrication, and measurement of a triple-band absorber enhanced
from a planar two-dimensional artificial metamaterial transmission line (TL) concept. Unlike …

Compact dual-band branch-line and rat-race couplers with stepped-impedance-stub lines

KS Chin, KM Lin, YH Wei, TH Tseng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study constructs stepped-impedance-stub lines for a dual-band branch-line coupler
design with improved design flexibility. The proposed structure demonstrates dual-band …

A rigorous design methodology for compact planar branch-line and rat-race couplers with asymmetrical T-structures

CH Tseng, CL Chang - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a rigorous design methodology is developed to design compact planar branch-
line and rat-race couplers using asymmetrical T-structures. The quarter-wave transmission …

Compact wide-band branch-line hybrids

YH Chun, JS Hong - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wide-band branch-line couplers are designed and tested. The proposed couplers feature
compact size on a single circuit layer structure without via-holes. For the broad-band …

Synthesizing microstrip branch-line couplers with predetermined compact size and bandwidth

CW Tang, MG Chen - IEEE transactions on microwave theory …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new method for designing the microstrip branch-line couplers with predetermined compact
size and bandwidth is proposed in this paper. With the proposed approach, the size of the …

Design of sharp-rejection and low-loss wide-band planar filters using signal-interference techniques

R Gómez-García, JI Alonso - IEEE microwave and wireless …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new class of sharp-rejection, low insertion-loss wide-band planar filters is presented in this
letter. The proposed filter topology uses transversal signal-interference filtering sections …

Miniaturized dual-band hybrid couplers with arbitrary power division ratios

CL Hsu, JT Kuo, CW Chang - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Branch-line and rat-race couplers are designed to have dual-band operation with arbitrary
power division ratios. An elementary two-port is proposed to imitate the 90 deg section at the …

Multi-stub-loaded differential-mode planar multiband bandpass filters

R Gómez-García, R Loeches-Sánchez… - … on Circuits and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new type of RF microwave differential-mode planar multiband bandpass filters (BPFs) are
presented. Each symmetrical half of the proposed balanced filtering architecture is …

Compact rat-race coupler using shunt-stub-based artificial transmission lines

CH Tseng, HJ Chen - IEEE Microwave and Wireless …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a compact rat-race coupler is developed using shunt-stub-based artificial
transmission lines (SSB ATLs). A conventional quarter-wavelength microstrip can be …