Directional ouplers [] THE QUADRATURE (90 ) HYBRID The Hybrid coupler is often made of microstrip or stripline as shown in Figure. The microstrip form is also pictured in Figure 2. These couplers are 3 db directional couplers with a 90 phase difference between the outputs of the through and coupled lines. It is also known as a branch-line hybrid. Figure. Geometry of a Quadrature Hybrid coupler. [] Figure 2. Photograph of a microstrip Quadrature Hybrid coupler. [] Referring to the geometry of Figure, the ideal branch-line coupler, with all ports matched and power entering port, has evenly divided outputs at ports 2 and 3 with a 90 phase difference between them. The isolated port (port 4) has no power exiting it. The resulting [S] matrix is then given by () 0 j [ S] 2 0 j 0 0 0 0 j 0 j 0 Because of this symmetry, we can use any port at the input port. The output ports will be on the opposite side of the junction from the input port and the remaining port will be the isolated port. This symmetry is reflected in the scattering matrix, as each row can be obtained as a transposition of the first row.
The even and odd mode analysis of Figure is carried out in detail in []. Because of the length requirements on the lines, the [S] matrix is not frequency independent. This easily illustrated by doing Example 7.5. EXAMPLE 7.5 Design and performance of a Quadrature Hybrid [] Design a 50 Ω branch-line quadrature hybrid junction, and plot the S parameter magnitudes from 0.5 f 0 to.5 f 0 where f 0 is the design frequency. Solution The design is trivial. The lengths of the lines are λ/4 at the design frequency and the impedances are 50 Ω and 35.35 Ω. We now use Serenade Design Suite to simulate the coupler over the frequency range of interest. A quadrature hybrid is one of the microstrip circuit elements available. We choose that geometry with a substrate that is 3 mils thick and a dielectric constant of 2.2. The transmission line tool is used to get the physical lengths and widths of the transmission lines. The circuit diagram and analysis results follow in Figures 3 and 4. Notice that in the microstrip form, the center frequency is at.99 f 0 where with ideal lines the response is as shown in Figure 7.25 of []. an you explain this? Figure 3. Serenade Design Suite schematic of a branch-line coupler using microstrip. 2
oupled Line ouplers Figure 4. Simulation results for the microstrip branch-line coupler. We begin this section with a review of coupled line theory. Figure 5 shows some coupled transmission line geometries that can be represented by the equivalent circuit shown in figure 6. There are two modes that can be excited for this geomentry - even and odd. They are depicted in Figure 7. Figure 5. Figure 6. A three-conductor coupled transmission line and its equivalent circuit. [] 3
Figure 7. Even- and od-mode excitations for a coupled line, and the resulting equivalent capacitance networks. (a) Even-mode excitation. (b) Odd-mode excitation. Analysis of the equivalent circuits of Figure 7 result in the following equations for the even- ( e ) and oddmode ( o ) capacitances: (2) (3) e o 22 + 2 2 These in turn give the following values for the even- and odd-mode impedances (4) (5) Z Z 0e 0o L e L o L e L o e o v v e o where v is the phase velocity of the wave. The even- and odd-mode capacitances can be determined analytically for coaxial, parallel plate, or stripline. Quasi-TEM lines, such as microstrip require approximate analysis or numerical techniques. Imperical equations for design of coupled lines can be found in [2]. These equations are used in a Mathcad document to do Example 7.7 in []. We can also use the Transmission Line Tool in Serenade Design Suite to get the dimensions of the coupled stripline. The screenshot for Example 7.7 is shown in Figure 9. Notice that the dimensions are slighly different for the two methods. an you explain this? We can now simulate this design over the bandwidth of interest using Serenade Design Suite. We take the design from the Mathcad document. Figures 0 and show the schematic and results for coupling and isolation respectively. 4
Figure 8. Mathcad document used to design a 20 db stripline coupled line coupler. 5
Figure 9. Transmission Line Tool for design of the 20 db stripline coupled line coupler. Figure 0. Serenade Design Suite Schematic for the 20dB stripline coupled line coupler. 6
Figure. Serenade Design Suite simulation results for the 20dB stripline coupled line coupler. As Figure shows, the coupling and isolation for the coupled line coupler are frequency dependent because of the λ/4 length requirement. As with matching sections, the bandwidth can be increased by using multiple sections of coupled lines. The details of the design are shown in Section 7.6 of []. A Mathcad document was created for the solution of Example 7.7 in []. The design procedure yields even- and od-mode impedances for the three coupled line sections. They are: Z 0e Z 0o 50.629ohm Z 0e2 56.695ohm Z 0e3 : Z 0e 49.379ohm Z 0o2 44.096ohm Z 0o3 : Z 0o From this information, we can design the coupler using equations from [2] or by using the Transmission Line Tool in Serenade Design Suite. Simulation of this three section coupler yields the results shown in Figure 2. 7
Figure 2. Simulation results for the 3-section 20dB stripline coupled line coupler. [] David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 998. [2] Inder Bahl and Prakash Bhartia, Microwave Solid State ircuit Design, John WIley & Sons, New York, 988. 8
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