• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.1160-1164
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• 2008

This paper presents an wideband stripline balun. And, the proposed balun is composed of one power divider and two phase converters on stripline substrate. The target characteristics of the proposed balun is the combination loss of below -0.05 dB, an amplitude imbalance of ${\pm}0.5\;dB$ and a phase imbalance of $180{\pm}10$ degrees, with the reflection coefficient(S11) of below -10 dB over frequencies ranging from 500 to 1500 MHz. The fabricated balun occupies the area of $12(W){\times}220(L){\times}2.3(T)\;mm3$. Experimental measurement shows that the fabricated balun has an amplitude imbalance of ${\pm}0.7\;dB$, a phase imbalance of $180{\pm}8$ degrees and an insertion loss of about -2 dB with the reflection coefficient(S11) of below -10 dB over frequencies ranging from 500 to 1,500 MHz.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.132-136
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• 2017

In this paper, expanded lowest operating frequency by adopting circular slot on ground of balun and balance improved balance performances by stacking dielectric layer balun is proposed. Bandwidth of proposed balun is 1~7 GHz, and electrical length is $0.05{\lambda}$ at 1 GHz. In order to check performances of the proposed balun, simple dipole is integrated with the balun and radiation pattern of dipole is measured.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.18 no.2 s.117
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• pp.111-117
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• 2007

In this paper, a new marchand balun using broadside-coupled coplanar waveguide(CPW) on flexible printed circuit (FPC) is proposed. The proposed balun is designed based on the coupled line theory. The fabricated balun shows compact size and improved performance compared to the conventional microstrip line marchand balun. Measured amplitude and phase imbalance between the two balanced output ports are within 0.2 dB and $1^{\circ}$ respectively in a wide frequency range($1.63{\sim}3.44$ GHz). The proposed balun is expected to be used between various antennas and RF front-ends as a functional interconnection.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.563-570
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• 2022

We designed a biconical antenna with sleeve baluns that exhibited an improved radiation pattern from 3-40 GHz. In the antenna, the edges of the ring of the upper cone are blended to a cylinder. Sleeve baluns operating at specific frequencies are connected to the antenna to minimize leakage currents on the surface of the feeding coaxial cable. The radiation pattern was improved with the sleeve baluns, and the angular 3-dB beamwidth ranged from 67.1-101.1° over 3-40 GHz, which is much broader than the 21-99° of the conventional antenna.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.90-98
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• 1999

This paper presents a wideband single-balanced mixer using a diode which can be used in RF receiver of microwave measurement systems. For wideband characteristic, local oscillator(LO) signal is provided to diode with low loss using a coplanar waveguide-to-slotline balun. For high isolation characteristic radio frequency (RF) port and intermediate frequency (IF) port are designed using directional coupler. This mixer presents 30.5~31.17dB conversion loss whose flatness is within 1dB for 9 kHz~2.6 GHz wideband RF signal, and above 30 dB isolation for LO signal.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.207-213
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• 2008

A simplified design procedure for quasi-Yagi antenna arrays using an ultra-wideband balun is presented. The proposed antenna design procedure is based on the simple impedance matching among antenna components: i.e., balun, feed, and antenna This new broadband and high gain antenna array is possible due to the ultra-wideband performance of the balun. As design examples, wideband $1\times4$ and $1\times8$ quasi-Yagi antenna arrays are successfully designed and implemented in Ku-band with frequency bandwidths of about 50 % and antenna gains of 9$\sim$10 dBi and 11$\sim$12 dBi, respectively. And the simulated and measured results demonstrate wide bandwidths and good radiation properties. These antenna arrays can be applied to various phased-array and spatial power combining systems.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.37-41
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• 2021

In this paper, a low-profile and broadband bowtie antenna using multi-layer substrate for UWB sensor application is presented. A compact bowtie antenna is designed and implemented on two multi-layered substrate with total thickness of 4.5 mm. The antenna consists of bowtie radiator and planar-type balun. The designed radiator and balun are connected to each other so that it can be easily implemented in various structures. The implemented antenna provides 3 to 6 dBi of gain for whole frequency range from 6.8 to 10 GHz.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.553-558
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• 2002

In this paper, an integrated balun using bondwire transformer is fabricated and measured. The bondwire transformer has 1ow conductor and substrate loss and kas high resonance frequency. So it is available to implement low loss broadband balun. From the measured results, 0.7 dB amplitude imbalance and about 2.5 $^{\circ}$ phase imbalance was achieved from 8.15 to 16.18 GHz. It is expected that the proposed balun can improve the performance of mixers, amplifiers and matching networks of antennas. It can also be integrated with other components due to its easier fabrication and smaller size than spiral transformer balun.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.27-35
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• 2013

In this paper, a compact, broadband quasi-Yagi antenna utilizing balance analysis of the ultra-wideband microstrip-to-coplanar stripline(MS-to-CPS) balun is proposed. The antenna size was reduced by removing the reflector on bottom layer and ground plane is used as a reflector. A planar balun that transforms from microstrip(MS) to balanced coplanar stripline(CPS) is characterized in the amplitude and phase imbalances at CPS output ports are investigated and discussed. As compared with the conventional balun, the proposed MS-to-CPS balun demonstrated very wideband performance from 7 to over 20 GHz. From the simulation study, amplitude and phase imbalances are within 1 dB and ${\pm}5^{\circ}$, respectively. The implemented antenna provides very wide bandwidth from 6.9 to 15.1 GHz(74.5 %). The gain of the antenna is from 3.7 to 5.5 dBi, the front-to-back ratio is more than 10 dB, and the nominal radiation efficiency is about 94 %.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.76-80
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• 2011

This paper has proposed a 3~5 GHz low-power and wideband LNA(Low Noise Amplifier), which has been implemented in a 0.18-${\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The proposed LNA has basically the noise-cancelling topology to achieve a balun-function, wideband input matching, and relative low noise figure. In addition, it has utilized a 2nd-order LC-band-pass filter(BPF) as its output load to achieve higher power gain and lower noise figure with the lowest dc power consumption among previously reported works. The proposed amplifier consumes only 3.94 mA from a 1.8 V supply voltage. The simulation results show a power gain of more than +17 dB, a noise figure of less than +4 dB, and an input IP3 of -15.5 dBm.