Compact Two-Section Half-Wave Balun Based on Planar Artificial Transmission Lines

Joint Authors

Liu, Changjun
Yin, Zhenyu
Yang, Yilan
Huang, Wen

Source

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Issue

Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2015-05-18

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

6

Main Subjects

Electronic engineering

Abstract EN

Artificial transmission lines are realized by a series of meandered-line inductors, parallel-plate capacitors, and interdigital capacitors, which belong to metamaterial transmission lines.

An ameliorated artificial transmission line is proposed to realize a low characteristic impedance transmission line.

A two-section half-wave balun at 900 MHz is designed, fabricated, and measured in this paper.

The compact balun is based on conventional and ameliorated planar artificial transmission lines instead of microstrip transmission lines.

The main advantage of the proposed balun is its size reduction, which occupies only about 10% of a conventional one.

Measured results match well with theory and simulation.

The balun features excellent amplitude and phase balance in microwave power combining and a reasonable bandwidth of the return loss as well.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Liu, Changjun& Yin, Zhenyu& Yang, Yilan& Huang, Wen. 2015. Compact Two-Section Half-Wave Balun Based on Planar Artificial Transmission Lines. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Liu, Changjun…[et al.]. Compact Two-Section Half-Wave Balun Based on Planar Artificial Transmission Lines. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Liu, Changjun& Yin, Zhenyu& Yang, Yilan& Huang, Wen. Compact Two-Section Half-Wave Balun Based on Planar Artificial Transmission Lines. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1064703

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1064703