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A compact and broadband balun design for LTE applications

Elfergani, Issa Tamer E.; Hussaini, Abubakar Sadiq; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Ali, Ammar H.; See, Chan H.; Abd-Alhameed, Raed A.

Authors

Issa Tamer E. Elfergani

Abubakar Sadiq Hussaini

Jonathan Rodriguez

Ammar H. Ali

Raed A. Abd-Alhameed



Abstract

In this paper, a compact wideband planar balun is studied and investigated. The proposed balun comprises a broadband Wilkinson divider followed by non-coupled lines to attain wideband 180° phase shift. Due to the inherent broadband characteristics of the proposed structure, good performance is accomplished in terms of phase and amplitude balance. The balun is optimally designed and validated by experiments. Both measured and computed results have shown a return loss better than -10 dB, an insertion loss around of -3.15 dB with a maximum absolute phase and amplitude imbalance around 2.5° and 0.2 dB over frequency range from 700 to 3200 MHz. Practical and computed results of the present balun are in good agreement.

Citation

Elfergani, I. T. E., Hussaini, A. S., Rodriguez, J., Ali, A. H., See, C. H., & Abd-Alhameed, R. A. (2016). A compact and broadband balun design for LTE applications. Progress in electromagnetics research B: PIER B, 67, 85-95. https://doi.org/10.2528/pierc16071805

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 4, 2016
Online Publication Date Sep 15, 2016
Publication Date 2016
Deposit Date Mar 14, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Progress In Electromagnetics Research C
Print ISSN 1937-6472
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 67
Pages 85-95
DOI https://doi.org/10.2528/pierc16071805
Keywords Compact wideband planar balun, broadband, antenna performance,
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1660489