An extremely wideband tapered balun for application in tightly coupled arrays

Alpha O. Bah; Pei-Yuan Qin; Y. Jay Guo

doi:10.1109/APWC.2016.7738146

An extremely wideband tapered balun for application in tightly coupled arrays

Alpha O. Bah, Pei-Yuan Qin, Y. Jay Guo

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Abstract

This paper presents the design of a single layer, compact, tapered balun with a >20:1 bandwidth and less than λ/17 in length at the lowest frequency of operation. The balun operates from 0.7GHz to over 15GHz. It can provide both impedance transformation as well as a balanced feed for tightly coupled arrays. Its performance is compared with that of a full-length balun operating over the same frequency band. There is a high degree of agreement between the two baluns.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC)
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	162-165
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509004706
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APWC.2016.7738146
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, IEEE APWC 2016 - Cairns, Australia Duration: 19 Sept 2016 → 23 Sept 2016

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Other	6th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, IEEE APWC 2016
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Cairns
Period	19/09/16 → 23/09/16

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Bah, AO, Qin, P-Y & Guo, YJ 2016, An extremely wideband tapered balun for application in tightly coupled arrays. in 2016 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC): proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 162-165, 6th IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, IEEE APWC 2016, Cairns, Australia, 19/09/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/APWC.2016.7738146

An extremely wideband tapered balun for application in tightly coupled arrays. / Bah, Alpha O.; Qin, Pei-Yuan; Guo, Y. Jay.
2016 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC): proceedings. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016. p. 162-165.

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