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Metamaterial-Based Broadband Branch-Line Coupler and its Application in a Balanced Amplifier

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Last updated: 13 Dec 2022

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Branch-line couplers
D-CRLH unit cells
balanced amplifier
microwave circuits
Metamaterial-Based Broadband Branch-Line Coupler and its Application in a Balanced Amplifier
2021 International Conference on Electronic Engineering (ICEEM)

Abstract

This paper presents a design of a compact broadband two-section branch-line coupler (BLC) based on Dual Composed Right Left Hand (D-CRLH) Metamaterial at a center frequency of 1.8 GHz. To realize a good miniaturization, a V-shape coupled-line sections unit cell has been suggested and analyzed. It achieves very good characteristics without using lumped elements, via holes or defected ground structures. The designed coupler has been simulated using the CST software, fabricated, and measured. The comparison between the simulated and measured results shows good agreement. It has a fractional bandwidth of 51.6% and a size reduction of 44.6 % comparing to the conventional coupler. As an application, the proposed coupler has been used to build a balanced amplifier. For this purpose, a microwave transistor amplifier has been designed and simulated at the center frequency, 1.8GHz. The simulated results of the balanced amplifier show a good flat gain over a 1 GHz bandwidth with 13.7 dB gain at the central frequency, 1.8 GHz.

Keywords

Branch-line couplers, D-CRLH unit cells, balanced amplifier, microwave circuits

Authors

First Name

Abdel-Aziz

Last Name

Shalaby

Affiliation

EEC Dept. , Faculty of Electronic Engineering , Menofia University

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First Name

Ramy

Last Name

Khattab

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EEC Dept., Faculty Electronic Engineering, Menofia University, Egypt

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2nd IEEE International Conference on Electronic Eng., Faculty of Electronic Eng., Menouf, Egypt, 3-4 July. 2021

Issue Date

1 Jan 2021

Publish Date

14 Jun 2021

Page Start

343

Page End

349

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https://iceem2021.conferences.ekb.eg/article_1132.html

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62

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Conference

Publication Title

2021 International Conference on Electronic Engineering (ICEEM)

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https://iceem2021.conferences.ekb.eg/

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en

Created At

13 Dec 2022