Six-Port Receiver Analog Front-End: Multilayer Design and System Simulation

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2008-03-08
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Winter, Sebastian M.  
Kölpin, Alexander  orcid-logo
Weigel, Robert  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6832
Journal
IEEE transactions on circuits and systems  
Volume
55
Issue
3
Start Page
254
End Page
258
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 3 (55): 254-258 (2008-03-08)
Publisher DOI
10.1109/TCSII.2008.918999
In this paper, a six-port receiver analog front-end structure based on a Wilkinson power divider and three hybrid couplers is presented, which has been implemented in a multilayered, meandered manner, yielding a size reduction of about 78% compared to a planar design. The measured S-parameters of the new design are in good accordance with simulated S-parameters of the planar structure. System simulations with an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal show the suitability of the design for six-port communications receivers.
Subjects
Hybrid coupler
power divider
six-port communications receiver
six-port network
system simulation