Afifi, Islam 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-0915 and Sebak, Abdel Razik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1057-6735
(2020)
Wideband Printed Ridge Gap Rat-Race Coupler for Differential Feeding Antenna.
IEEE Access, 8
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pp. 78228-78235.
ISSN 2169-3536
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2990169
Abstract
In this paper, a wideband 3 dB hybrid 180° rat-race coupler is introduced in the printed ridge gap waveguide technology. It has simultaneous wide matching and isolation bandwidth with low output amplitude imbalance. It operates in the millimeter wave band from 25.8 to 34.2 GHz (27.96%) with 15 dB return loss and isolation, and ±0.5 dB output amplitude imbalance. The proposed design employing an open stub at the middle of the 3λ/4 branch line and quarter wavelength lines at all the ports of the coupler. The objective of the added open stub is to separate the output ports amplitudes around the -3 dB level by certain values depending on the required amplitude imbalance. The analytical derivation for the role of the added open stub is presented along with a parametric study on its effect on amplitude imbalance, matching, and isolation. This results in having two intersection points for the output ports instead of one of the conventional coupler and hence the amplitude imbalance bandwidth increases. The objective of the added quarter wavelength lines is to improve the matching and isolation bandwidths. First, the conventional rat-race coupler is presented and a bandwidth of 14.25% at 30 GHz is achieved. After that the rat-race with the added quarter wavelength lines is presented to illustrate the objective of the added quarter wavelength lines and a bandwidth of 19.44% is achieved. Finally, the rat-race with the quarter wavelength lines and the added stub is presented and a prototype is fabricated and measured. The s-parameters measurements are in a good agreement with the simulated ones.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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| Item Type: | Article |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Authors: | Afifi, Islam and Sebak, Abdel Razik |
| Journal or Publication: | IEEE Access |
| Date: | 2020 |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2990169 |
| Keywords: | Printed ridge gap, rat race coupler, millimeter wave components |
| ID Code: | 986928 |
| Deposited By: | Krista Alexander |
| Deposited On: | 26 Jun 2020 14:17 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2020 14:17 |
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