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DESIGN, SIMULATION, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF IMPROVED WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP BALUN CIRCUIT OPERATING FROM 1-12 GHz
Chandra Anusha Kotagiri B.Tech, J N T University, India, 2008
Navya Harika Nimmagadda B.Tech, J N T University, India, 2008
PROJECT
Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
in
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
at
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO
FALL 2011
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DESIGN, SIMULATION, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF IMPROVED WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP BALUN CIRCUIT OPERATING FROM 1-12 GHz
A Project
by
Chandra Anusha Kotagiri
and
Navya Harika Nimmagadda
Approved by: __________________________________, Committee Chair Preetham B. Kumar, Ph.D. __________________________________, Second Reader Russell L. Tatro, M.S. ___________________________ Date
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Students: Chandra Anusha Kotagiri Navya Harika Nimmagadda
I certify that these students have met the requirements for format contained in the
University format manual, and that this project is suitable for shelving in the Library and
credit is to be awarded for the project.
___________________, Graduate Coordinator _________________ Preetham B. Kumar, Ph.D. Date
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Abstract
of
DESIGN, SIMULATION, FABRICATION AND TESTING OF IMPROVED WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP BALUN CIRCUIT OPERATING FROM 1-12 GHz
by
Chandra Anusha Kotagiri Navya Harika Nimmagadda
The objective of the project is to design, fabricate and test a broadband micro strip balun
to operate at a center frequency of 5 GHz and with a bandwidth range of 1-12 GHz. A
balun circuit is used in commercial applications such as cellular telephones, high
definition television and other circuits, which receives a single-ended input signal to
generate an amplified differential signal with 180° of phase difference, with low VSWR
at the input and output ports. The simulation of the design was done using the Agilent
Advanced Design System (ADS) software. The circuit was then fabricated in microstrip,
and the simulated results demonstrate high amplitude, phase balance, and low VSWR
over the operating frequency range. The measured results also demonstrate good
amplitude and phase balance, thought the VSWR values are on the high side, and future
work will focus on further improvement in performance
, Committee Chair Preetham B. Kumar, Ph.D. ______________________, Date
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We wish to express sincere gratitude to all those who gave us the possibility to complete
this project.
Firstly we would like to thank our advisor, committee chair and graduate coordinator Dr.
Preetham Kumar, for his eminent guidance, valuable help and encouragement throughout
this project.
We sincerely thank Mr. Russell Tatro our second reader, for reviewing this work and for
his time, guidance, patience and understanding.
We would also like to thank Mr. R.K. Ravuri for helping us in the fabrication of the
circuit.
We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all the staff and faculty members of
College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Sacramento
who contributed and helped us throughout our curriculum.
At the end we would like to thank our parents for their constant encouragement.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Acknowledgement .............................................................................................................. v
List of Tables .................................................................................................................... vii
List of Figures .................................................................................................................. viii
Chapter
1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1
2. DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS AND BALUNS.............................................................. 3
2.1 Directional Couplers ................................................................................................. 3
2.2 Balun Design ............................................................................................................. 6
3. IMPROVED MINIATURIZED WIDEBAND BALUN DESIGN OPERATING FROM 1-12 GHZ .......................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Basic Topology Of A Balun Design ....................................................................... 10
3.2 Broadband Balun Design ........................................................................................ 11
3.3 Some Of The Special Features Of The Balun…………...………………………...14
4. SIMULATION STUDY OF WIDEBAND BALUN DESIGN .................................... 15
5. LAYOUT AND FABRICATION OF WIDEBAND BALUN CIRCUIT .................... 18
6. MEASURED RESULTS FOR AMPLITUDE BALANCE, PHASE BALANCE AND VSWR VALUES……………………………………………………………...………25
7. CONCLUSION AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK ................................................29
References ..........................................................................................................................30
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LIST OF TABLES Page
1. Table 3.1 Dimensions Of The Microstrip Balun Circuit……………………………13
2. Table 5.1 Specifications Of RT/DUROID Microwave Laminates………………….22 3. Table 6.1 Simulated Vs Measured results…………………………………………...27
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LIST OF FIGURES
Page
1. Figure 2.1 Basic schematic of directional coupler ........................................................ 4
2. Figure 2.2 Typical coaxial coupler ............................................................................... 5
3. Figure 2.3 Typical stripline coupler .............................................................................. 5
4. Figure 2.4 Typical waveguide coupler ........................................................................... 6
5. Figure 2.5 Diagram of a L-C lumped balun .................................................................. 7
6. Figure 2.6 Coaxial balun ............................................................................................... 8
7. Figure 2.7 Simple coupled line balun ........................................................................... 8
8. Figure 2.8 Simple coupled line balun, using broadside coupler structure ................... 9
9. Figure 3.1 Center tapped trasformer ........................................................................... 11
10. Figure 3.2 Design of microstrip wideband balun ...................................................... 12
11. Figure 4.1 Amplitude balance at output ports ............................................................ 15
12. Figure 4.2 Phase balance at the output ports.............................................................. 16
13. Figure 4.3 VSWR performance at input port and output ports .................................. 17
14. Figure 5.1 Layout of wideband balun circuit ............................................................. 18
15. Figure 5.2 Layout of wideband balun circuit in Gerber file………………………....19
16. Figure 5.3 Wideband balun without resistors………………………………………..20
17. Figure 5.4 Photograph of the router machine………………………………………..21
18. Figure 5.5 Wideband balun circuit with soldered resistors………………………….22
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19. Figure 5.6 Wideband balun circuit with soldering SMA connectors……………….23
20. Figure 5.7 HP/Agilent 8510C Network Analyzer…………………………………..23
21. Figure 6.1 Plot of Frequency vs Amplitude………………………………………...24
22. Figure 6.2 Plot of Frequency vs Phase………………………………………………25
23. Figure 6.3 Plot of Frequency vs VSWR…………………………………………….26
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
A balun circuit converts signals from a single-ended, unbalanced mode to a
balanced mode, having two signals of equal balance impedance but shifted 180 degrees in
phase over the specified frequency range with minimum loss and low voltage standing
wave ratio (VSWR). The circuit has one input port and two output ports. The main
application of this circuit is in the design of frequency conversion mixers to make cellular
phone and data transmission networks possible, and are also used in push-pull amplifiers.
Baluns are used to link a symmetrical (balance) circuit to an asymmetrical (unbalanced)
circuit. [1-7]
A balanced circuit is a circuit where the two sides have identical transmission
characteristics in all respects. An unbalanced circuit is the one in which voltages on the
two conductors are unequal with respect to ground. The ability of a balun to
electromagnetically couple an unbalanced input and produce a balanced output is
generally to achieve compatibility between systems, and as such, finds extensive
application in modern communications, particularly in realizing frequency conversion
mixers to make cellular phone and data transmission networks possible. They are also
used to convert a carrier signal from coaxial cable to Category five cable types designed
for high signal integrity [1-7].
Planar baluns are used as they have low insertion loss and wide bandwidth as
compared to other types of balun. Most of the current balun structures are narrowband for
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specific applications. Therefore, there is a need of wideband matching structure for
wideband applications such as the rapidly developing area of Ultra Wideband (UWB)
systems. [4-7]
In this project, a broadband microstrip balun circuit was designed, simulated,
fabricated and tested in the Microwave Laboratory at CSUS. Earlier reports [8,9,11]
detail similar baluns, however, these designs lacked at least one of the fundamental
requirements of amplitude balance, phase balance or low VSWR. The current design
matched the requirements of amplitude/phase balance and low VSWR over a broadband
range of 1-12 GHz in simulation, however, while the measured amplitude and phase
balance showed good response, VSWR still requires some improvement.
The report is organized as follows: Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2
explains directional coupler and balun fundamentals. This chapter then describes
different types of directional couplers and later describes about balun design and its
applications.
Chapter 3 of the report describes the model of balun design with a center
frequency of 5GHz. Chapter 4 describes the computer simulations and optimization
needed to obtain the final form of the wideband balun circuit. Chapter 5 of the report
shows the design layout of the wideband balun circuit. Chapter 6 describes the measured
results of the wideband balun, and Chapter 6 describes the conclusions of the project and
the direction of future work. Finally the report gives list of relevant references.
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Chapter 2
DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS AND BALUNS
2.1 Direction Coupler
Directional couplers are four-port circuits where one port is isolated from the
input port. All four ports are (ideally) matched, and the circuit is (ideally) lossless and
[2]. Directional couplers separate signals based on the direction of signal propagation.
These devices are used to unequally split the signal flowing in the mainline and to fully
pass the signal flowing in the opposite direction. Directional couplers are passive
reciprocal networks used in the field of radio technology by using two transmission lines
set close enough together so that energy passing through is coupled to the other. [2] . A
passive network contains no source that could add energy to the input signal and
reciprocal network is one in which the power losses are the same between any two ports
regardless of direction of propagation. Directional couplers can be realized in microstrip,
stripline, coax and waveguide. Directional couplers generally use distributed properties of
microwave circuits, the coupling feature is generally a quarter (or multiple) quarter-
wavelengths. [2]
There are different types of direction couplers, for example, hybrid couplers,
Bethe-hole coupler and coupled line couplers. This design focused on coupled line
couplers because of its ability to provide higher bandwidth. [2]
The basic function of directional coupler is to sample the forward and reverse
travelling waves through a transmission line or a waveguide. The common use of this
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element is to measure the power level of a transmitted or received signal. The coupler is a
four port device. The forward travelling wave goes into port 1 and exit from port 2. A
small fraction of it goes out through port 4. In a perfect coupler no signal appears in port
4. Since the coupler is a lossless passive element, the sum of the signals power at ports 1
and 2 equals to the input signal power. The reverse travelling wave goes into port 2 and
out of port 1. A small fraction of it goes out through port 3. In a perfect coupler no signal
appears in port 4[14]. It can be described respectively by Coupling (C), Directivity (D)
and Isolation (I). Coupling is the ratio of input power to the coupled power. Directivity
(D) is the ratio of coupled power to the power at the isolated port. Isolation (I) is the ratio
of input power to power out of the isolated port. [4]
Figure 2.1 below shows the basic of directional coupler.
Figure 2.1 Basic of directional coupler [2]
Hybrid couplers are the special case of a four-port directional coupler that is
designed for a 3-dB (equal) power split. Hybrids come in two types, 90 degree or
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quadrature hybrids, and 180 degree hybrids (such as rat-races and magic tees). 90 degree
hybrid coupler has a 90 degree phase shift between port 2 and 3 when fed from port 1.
And the magic-T hybrid or rat-race hybrid has a 180 degree phase shift between port 2
and 3 when fed from port 4. [2]
Fig 2.2 below shows a typical coaxial coupler
Fig 2.2 Typical coaxial coupler [13]
Figure 2.3 below shows a typical stripline coupler
Figure 2.3 Typical stripline coupler [4]
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Figure 2.4 below shows a typical waveguide coupler.
Figure 2.4 Typical waveguide coupler [4]
2.2 Balun Design
A balun is a passive electronic device that translates between balanced and
unbalanced electrical signals and changes impedance. It can take many forms and their
presence is not always obvious. They always hold some form of electromagnetic coupling. A
balun’s function is to achieve compatibility between systems, and has wide applications in
modern communications. It helps in realizing frequency conversion mixers to make cellular
phone and data transmission networks possible. It is used in radio, video and audio
applications. They are used in for push-pull amplifier, balanced mixers and antenna feeds.
[9].
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There are different types of balun designs: L-C balun, Transmission line and
Microstrip design.
• L-C balun design as shown in Figure 2.5 is also known as a “lattice-type” balun. It
is essentially a bridge. It has two capacitors and two inductors, which produce the
+/- 90 degree phase shifts.
Figure 2.5 below shows the diagram of a L-C lumped balun
Figure 2.5 Diagram of a L-C lumped balun [10]
The main application for this circuit is on the output of a push-pull amplifier,
which provides a balanced signal and with the need of convert to a single un-balanced
output.
• Transmission line is used when the required for impedance transformation of 1:4 is
needed. Figure 2.6 shows a coaxial balun [4].
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Figure 2.6 below shows the diagram of coaxial balun.
Figure 2.6 Coaxial balun [10]
• Microstrip design is the main focus for this project. There is a wide-range of
printed/micro-strip balun topologies they have the advantage of being inexpensive,
realized as they are on the Printed Circuit board (PCB) or Microwave Integrated
Circuit (MIC) substrate. An example of simple coupled line balun is shown in
Figure 2.6 while Figure 2.8 shows a coupled line balun with broadside coupler
structure.
Figure 2.7 below shows the simple coupled line balun.
Figure 2.7 Simple coupled line balun [10]
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Figure 2.8 below shows the simple coupled line balun using broadside coupler
structure.
Figure 2.8 Simple coupled line balun, using broadside coupler structure [10]
The next chapter describes the changes and the steps that were taken to design
miniaturized broadband balun to operate at a center frequency of 5 GHz and with a
bandwidth range of 1-12 GHz.
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Chapter 3
IMPROVED MINIATURIZED WIDEBAND BALUN DESIGN OPERATING FROM 1-12 GHz
3.1 Basic Topology of Balun Design
In the previous chapters, we have covered the concept of direction couples and
baluns. This chapter will focus on improved balun design that works over a broadband
frequency range, and gives flat equal amplitude with 180 degrees of precise phase shift,
which is the main goal of this project. This work is based on earlier project design of
balun for wideband frequency at 5 GHz [8][9][11]. However, the earlier design did not
have very flat amplitude and phase balance at the input port. The aim of the two balun
designs reported in the work is centered at the operating frequency of 5 GHz with 50%
bandwidth and phase shift of 180. This design is simpler than earlier design which helps
in fabrication, and also reduces size and cost of fabrication. [1]
The central principle behind a standard balun design is the center-tapped
transformer as shown in Figure 3.1. It uses the coupling element for a balanced output
and taps are used for coupling of the signals to generate balun outputs [9].
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Figure 3.1 below shows the diagram of center tapped transformer.
Figure 3.1 Center tapped transformer [9]
3.2 Broadband Balun Design:
The final ADS schematic of the balun circuit is shown in Figure 3.2, with current
dimensions as shown in Table 3.1. The circuit is improvement of previous design with
matching circuit at the input port to get equal amplitude with low VSWR but with
reasonably good phase difference of 180 degrees. [11]
Figure 3.2 below shows the design of microstrip wideband balun.
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Figure 3.2 Design of microstrip wideband balun
The dimensions of the balun circuit are shown below.
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Table 3.1 Dimensions Of The Microstrip Balun Circuit
L1 80 mils
L2 50 mils
L3 50 mils
L4 50 mils
X 50 mils
X2 40 mils
Taper3,5,6,7_W1 X
Taper4_W1 45 mils
Taper3,4,5,6_W2 35 mils
Taper7_W2 45 mils
Taper5,6_L L3
Taper3_L 60 mils
Taper4,7_L 125 mils
Corn5,6,9,10,12_W X
Corn1,2,3,4_W 35 mils
Corn11_W 45 mils
TL24,25,26,27_W X
TL24,25,26,27_L 14 mils
TL1,2_W X
TL1,2_L L2
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TL28_W X
TL28_L 100 mils
3.3 Some Of The Special Features Of The Balun are:
• The through port on the input side is terminated with a 50 ohm resistor.
• The input coupled line has a 50 ohm termination at the center of the input coupled line.
• The output coupled line is terminated with an open-circuit microstrip line of 100 mils length.
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Chapter 4
SIMULATION STUDY OF WIDEBAND BALUN DESIGN
The simulated results of improved wideband balun design are shown in Figures
4.1 to 4.6. The design and simulations were run in Agilent Advanced Design System
(ADS) software. The optimized design is shown in Figure 4.1 after designing several
different circuit using different components.
4.1 Simulation Results of Balun Design
This section gives the simulated results for balun design. The amplitude balance,
phase response and VSWR of design are shown in Figures 4.1 to 4.3 respectively. Figure
4.1 shows amplitude balance at both output ports and frequency. The center of the
frequency is 5 GHz. The power output for port S(2,1) is ~-15 dB and the power output
for port S(3,1) is -17dB.
Figure 4.1 Amplitude balance at output ports
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Figure 4.2 below shows phase balance at the two output ports and frequency. The
center frequency is 5 GHz and the phase difference between ports 2 and 3 is 186 degree.
Figure 4.2 Phase balance at the output ports
Figure 4.3: below shows the VSWR at the input port 1 and output ports 2 and 3.
While the VSWR at the two output ports is ~1.1, the input VSWR is 2.65. The curve for
input and output VSWRs are improved and as flat as we expected.
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Figure 4.3 VSWR performance at input port and output ports
There is an excellent amplitude balance between the output ports. There is a
flat 183 degrees phase difference over the frequency band between the output ports.
The VSWR at the input and the two output ports is close to 1.
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Chapter 5
LAYOUT AND FABRICATION OF WIDEBAND BALUN CIRCUIT
The layout was produced from the current circuit design. The wideband balun
circuit laid out in ADS is as shown:
.
Figure 5.1 Layout of wideband balun circuit
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In order to obtain the layout, we exported the layout file as a Gerber file which is
generated in the project directory.
Figure 5.2 shows the layout of the wideband balun circuit in Gerber file.
Figure 5.2 Layout of wideband balun circuit in Gerber file
Then we used IsoPro 2.7 T-Tech to import Gerber file. The first step was to isolate the
traces of the balun design. The green layer around the blue traces is the new isolation
layer. The second step was to create a contour, the outer boundary of the PC board. Then
we created tabs in the contour to help the board stay in place while the board was being
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routed. The third step was to perform a rubout of the excess area. The red layer is the area
where we wanted to do the rubout as is shown in the figure 5.3. [9]
The wideband balun circuit is shown in IsoPro 2.7 as follows:
Figure 5.3 Wideband balun without resistors
The fabrication was done on the T-Tech Quick Circuit router machine in the Microwave
Laboratory at CSUS. Figure 5.4 below shows a photograph of the router machine used in
the fabrication.
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Figure 5.4 Photograph of the router machine
After the T-Tech machine is turned on, the first step was to route the isolation layer and
then rubout layer. The second step was to run contour layer and break the taps by using a
chisel.
For the actual circuit after fabrication, the copper site is on the top and dielectric
substrate is under it. While fabricating the wideband microstrip balun circuit we chose
RT/DUROID microwave laminate RO4003 with properties as shown in Table 5.1. [11]
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5870 6002 6006 RO 4003 RO 4003
QLAM
Dielectric
Constant
εr
2.33
2.94
6.15
3.38
3.38
Mur 1 1 1 1 1
Dielectric
Thickness
H (mils)
20
50
50
32
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Hu 3.9* 1034 3.9* 1034 3.9* 1034 3.9* 1034 3.9* 1034
Conductivity 5.8*107 5.8*107 5.8*107 5.8*107 5.8*107
TanD 0.0012 0.0012 0.0027 0.0027 0.0027
Rough
RMS (mm)
115 (3) 95 (2.4) 95 (2.4)
75 (1.9) 95 (2.4)
Table 5.1 Specifications Of RT/DUROID Microwave Laminates
The final fabricated circuit, with the required shorts and resistors is shown in Figure 5.6
below, while the measurement setup on the HP/Agilent 8510 C Network Analyzer is
shown in Figure 5.7.
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Figure 5.6 Wideband balun circuit with soldering SMA connectors
Figure 5.7 Network Analyzer
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Chapter 6
MEASURED RESULTS FOR AMPLITUDE BALANCE, PHASE BALANCE AND VSWR VALUES
6.1 Measured test results:
Figure 6.1 below shows the plot of amplitude balance at port 2 and port 3. The
coupling amplitude at port 2 is -16 dB and at port 3 is -32 dB, at the center frequency of 5
GHz.
Figure 6.1 Plot of Frequency vs Amplitude
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Figure 6.2 below shows the plot of phase balance, or the difference in phase
between the two output ports. The phase difference between the two output ports is -200
degrees at the center frequency of 5 GHz; ideally, it should be 180 degrees.
Figure 6.2 Plot of Frequency vs Phase
Figure 6.3 below shows the plot of VSWR at the input port and two output ports.
The VSWR at the input port is 200, and at the output port 2 and 3 is 68 and 67
respectively
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Figure 6.3 Plot of Frequency vs VSWR
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Table 6.1 below shows the comparison between the simulated results and the
measured results at the center frequency of ~ 6 GHz.
Simulated Data Measured Data
Amplitude balance for
port2
-15 -16
Amplitude balance for
port 3
-17 -32
Phase Balance 186 200
VSWR at input port 1 2.65 200
VSWR at output port 2 1.1 68
VSWR at output port 3 1.1 67
Table 6.1 Simulated vs Measured results
The simulated and actual measurements show good agreement in amplitude and phase at
the center frequency, and also over the operating range of the device. The VSWR at input
and output ports needs to be improved, and the deviation in the values is due to the
following reasons:
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• Use of chip resistances which are added to obtain good stability in amplitude and
phase.
• Losses occurred in the microstrip lines.
• Losses occurred due to the use of resistances.
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Chapter 7
CONCLUSION AND SCOPE FOR FUTURE WORK
The microstrip balun design used in this project is aimed at good amplitude and
phase balance, with low VSWR at a center frequency of 6 GHz and bandwidth range of
1-12 GHz. The wide band width at input port and equal amplitudes at output ports was
achieved by matching circuits and changing the size of microstrip transmission lines.
The basic multi-coupled line design was used. There were a lot of modifications
made to this design for attaining precise phase shift and amplitude over the specified
bandwidth. The simulation results showed that both balun designs maintained amplitude
balance of ~ -15 dB and -17 dB at the two output ports respectively, with a phase
difference of ~187 degrees over the frequency range of 1-12 GHz. The VSWR at the two
output ports are significantly lower at around 1 and at input port around 2.65. However,
the measured results, while showing good amplitude and phase balance, showed
relatively high VSWR values. Future work will focus on the improvement of VSWR
performance by use of enhanced matching networks, and low-loss transmission lines.
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