Unilateral Fin Line Directional Coupler |
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Authors: | Humberto César Chaves Fernandes and Davi Bibiano Brito |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, P.O. Box 1583, 59078-970 Natal, RN, Brazil |
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Abstract: | Photonic band gap (PBG) crystals have been used as a perfectly reflecting substrate for many millimeter wave applications. In this work the fin line directional coupler with substrate PBG was analyzed using the TTL - Transverse Transmission Line - method. Compared to other full wave methods the TTL is an efficient tool to determine the coupler characteristics, making possible a significant algebraic simplification of the equations involved in the process. In order to analyze this structure the effective dielectric constant, the attenuation constant and the coupling were determined. The results obtained for this application and the conclusions are presented. This work was partially financed by CNPQ. |
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Keywords: | Fin lines TTL - Transverse Transmission Line PBG - Photonic Band Gap Directional coupler |
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