Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines

He-xiu XU; Guang-ming WANG; Pei-lin CHEN; Tian-peng LI

doi:10.1631/jzus.C1000343

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Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines

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- Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines
- Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines
- 信息与电子工程前沿（英文） 2011年12卷第9期页码：766-773
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technique, Missile Institute, Air Force Engineering University, Sanyuan 713800, China
  2.School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
- Author bio：
  
  E-mail:hxxu20008@yahoo.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1631/jzus.C1000343
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- 收稿：2010-09-30，
  
  修回：2011-07-29，
  
  录用：2011-01-13，
  
  纸质出版：2011-09
- Accepted：
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Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2011,12(9):766-773.

He-xiu XU, Guang-ming WANG, Pei-lin CHEN, et al. Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2011, 12(9): 766-773.
Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines[J]. 信息与电子工程前沿（英文）, 2011,12(9):766-773. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1000343.

He-xiu XU, Guang-ming WANG, Pei-lin CHEN, et al. Miniaturized fractal-shaped branch-line coupler for dual-band applications based on composite right/left handed transmission lines[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2011, 12(9): 766-773. DOI： 10.1631/jzus.C1000343.

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Abstract

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novel dual-band (DB) branch-line couplers (BLCs) employing a composite right/left handed transmission line (CRLH TL) and fractal geometry are presented for the first time. The CRLH TL

with specified characteristic impedance and phase shift

consists of lumped elements for the left handed (LH) part and fractal-shaped microstrip lines (MLs) for the right handed (RH) part

which can be designed separately. Two designed BLCs are involved in size reduction

one using a 3/2 fractal curve of first iteration

the other constructed based on a hybrid shape of fractal and meandered lines. A miniaturized principle for CRLH TL realization is derived and an exact design method for fractal implementation is developed. For verification

an example coupler was fabricated and measured. Consistent numerical and experimental results confirmed the design concept

showing that the BLCs obtain DB behavior centered at 0.9 GHz and 1.8 GHz respectively with good in-band performance

except for slightly larger coupled insertion loss for the hybrid-shaped BLC case. In addition

the proposed fractal- and hybrid-shaped BLCs obtained a 49.7% and 64.1% size reduction respectively relative to their conventional counterparts working in the lower band. The most important contributions of this article are the demonstration of compatibility between the fractal and CRLH TL techniques and the provision of an alternative approach and a new concept for designing devices.

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