Lumped-element impedance-transforming uniplanar transitions and their antenna applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1157-1165

  Lin, Yo Shen ^a   Chen, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antenna feeding structure; Impedance transforming transition

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BANDWIDTH; CAPACITORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC REACTANCE MEASUREMENT; INDUCTANCE; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA FEEDING; LOAD IMPEDANCE; SHUNT CAPACITORS; UNIPLANAR TRANSITIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 2442614988     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825670     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. K. C. Gupta, R. Garg, and I. J. Bahl, Microstirp Lines and Slotlines, 2nd ed. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1996, ch. 5, 7.
2. C.-H. Ho, L. Fan, and K. Chang, "Experimental investigations of CPW-slotline transitions for uniplanar microwave integrated circuits," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., 1993, pp. 877-880.
3. V. Trifunović and B. Jokanović, "Review of printed Marchand and double Y baluns: Characteristics and application," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 42, pp. 1454-1462, Aug. 1994.
4. K. Hettak, N. Dib, A. Sheta, A. A. Omar, G. -Y. Delisle, M. Stubbs, and S. Toutain, "New miniature broad-band CPW-to-slotline transitions," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, pp. 138-146, Jan. 2000.
5. S.-G. Mao, C.-T. Hwang, R.-B. Wu, and C. H. Chen, "Analysis of coplanar waveguide-to-coplanar stripline transitions," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, pp. 23-29, Jan. 2000.
6. L. Zhu and K. Wu, "Hybrid FGCPW/CPS scheme in the building block design of low-cost uniplanar and multilayer circuit and antenna," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., 1999, pp. 867-870.
7. Y.-S. Lin and C. H. Chen, "Design and modeling of twin-spiral coplanar waveguide-to-slotline transitions," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, pp. 463-466, Mar. 2000.
8. _, "Novel lumped-element uniplanar transitions," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 49, pp. 2322-2330, Dec. 2001.
9. _, "Novel lumped-element coplanar waveguide-to-coplanar stripline transitions with low-pass and high-pass characteristics," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., 2002, pp. 2213-2216.
10. _, "Coplanar waveguide-to-coplanar stripline transition-filter structures," in Proc. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conf., 2002, pp. 1489-1492.
11. C.-H. Wang, Y.-S. Lin, H. Wang, and C. H. Chen, "A Q-band uniplanar MMIC diode mixer with lumped-element coplanar waveguide-to-slotline transition," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., 2003, pp. 103-106.
12. Y.-D. Lin and S.-N. Tsai, "Coplanar waveguide-fed uniplanar bow-tie antenna," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 45, pp. 305-306, Feb. 1997.
13. T.-H. Lin and R. B. Wu, "CPW to waveguide transition with tapered slotline probe," IEEE Microwave Wireless Comp. Lett., vol. 11, pp. 314-316, July 2001.
14. K. S. Ang, I. D. Robertson, K. Elgaid, and I. G. Thayne, "40 to 90 GHz impedance-transforming CPW Marchand balun," in IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., 2000, pp. 1141-1144.
15. K. S. Ang and I. D. Robertson, "Analysis and design of impedance-transforming planar Marchand baluns," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 49, pp. 402-406, Feb. 2001.
16. D. M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993, ch. 6.
17. A. E. Ruehli, "Inductance calculations in a complex integrated circuit environment," IBM J. Res. Develop., vol. 16, pp. 470-481, Sept. 1972.
18. S. S. Gevorgian, T. Martinsson, L. J. P. Linner, and E. L. Kollberg, "CAD models for multilayered substrate interdigital capacitors," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 44, pp. 896-904, June 1996.
19. M. Ribo and L. Pradell, "Circuit model for a coplanar-slotline cross," IEEE Microwave Guided Wave Lett., vol. 10, pp. 511-513, Dec. 2000.
20. K. Hettak, N. Dib, A.-F. Sheta, and S. Toutain, "A class of novel uniplanar series resonators and their implementation in original applications," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 46, pp. 1270-1276, Sept. 1998.
21. M. Ribo, J. de la Cruz, and L. Pradell, "Circuit model for slotline-to-coplanar waveguide asymmetrical transitions," Electron. Lett., vol. 35, pp. 1153-1155, July 1999.
22. S.-G. Mao, C.-H. Chan, C.-I. G. Hsu, and D.-C. Chang, "A series-fed printed-bowtie antenna with broadband characteristics and end-fire radiation," in Proc. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conf., 2001, pp. 926-929.
23. A. Nesic, "Endifire slotline antennas excited by a coplanar waveguide," in IEEE AP-S Int. Symp. Dig., vol. 2, 1991, pp. 700-702.
24. R. N. Simons, R. Q. Lee, and T. D. Perl, "New techniques for exciting linearly tapered slot antennas with coplanar waveguide," Electron. Lett., vol. 28, pp. 620-621, Mar. 1992.