Dual-Band Balun using Metamaterial

Metamaterial을 이용한 이중대역 발룬의 설계

  • Oh, Hee-Seok (School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, INMC) ;
  • Nam, Sang-Wook (School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, INMC)
  • Published : 2008.08.25

Abstract

This paper proposes a dual-band balun which is based on Wilkinson power divider. By inserting $\lambda/2$ transmission line between port 2 and 3, this balun shows good matching at all ports and improved isolation. We use matamaterial(CRLH, D-CRLH) structure for a miniaturization of the circuit implementation and dual-band operation at TDMB frequency range(195MHz) and DVB-H frequency range(670MHz). The proposed balun is designed with return loss larger than -12.98dB at all port, and isolation larger than -12.4dB, the amplitude imbalance between output signals less than 0.08dB, also phase differences of outputs less than $2.8^{\circ}$.

본 논문에서는 이중대역에서 작동하는 발룬을 제안하고 모의실험을 실시하였다. 기본적인 형태는 Wilkinson Power Divider에서 출발하여 각 단자(Port)간의 고립도(Isolation)를 향상시키기 위하여 $\lambda/2$ 전송선을 단자 2와 3 사이에 삽입하였고, 이중대역 및 크기의 소형화를 위해서 $\lambda/4$ 길이의 전송선을 metamaterial 구조인 CRLH(Composite Righ/Left-Handed) 형태와 D-CRLH(Dual Composite Right/Left-Handed) 형태를 사용하여 TDMB 주차수대역인 195MHz, 그리고 DVB-H 주파수대역인 670MHz에서 작동하는 발룬을 설계하였다. 제안된 구조로 설계된 발룬의 반사손실(return loss)에 대한 최소값은 -12.98dB$(S_{11})$이며, 고립도(isolation)는 최소 -12.4dB, 그리고 출력신호간의 불균형은 0.08dB보다 작고, 위상오차는 최대 $2.8^{\circ}$이다.

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