The defected ground structure (DGS) is one such technique which where intentionally modified to enhance the performance of the ground plane metal of a microstrip circuit. Importantly, in microwave application, the DGS plays an important role in analyzing the effect of surface and leaky waves. During the time of experimental analysis, the surface and leaky waves are affected by the propagation u...

In this paper, novel compact broadband dual frequency microstrip antennas are presented and broad-band impedance matching is proposed as a method for improve the matching level of antennas. The first proposed design consists of a rectangular microstrip antenna with a pair of parallel slots loaded close to the radiating edge of the patch and three meandering narrow slots embedded in the antenna ...

A generic lumped-element circuit of dual-band bandstop filter (DBBSF) is proposed based on novel composite shunt resonators, and its design method is developed with closed-form formulas. As an example, a DBBSF with center frequencies of 1.7 and 2.3GHz is designed and fabricated using microstrip lines. The measured frequency response agrees excellently with the theoretical predictions, validatin...

In this paper, a new de-embedding technique with Look-Up Table (LUT) is proposed for accurate and efficient characterization of interconnects, particularly printed circuit board (PCB) transmission lines including microstrip and stripline. LUT is pre-created to cover various fixture effects including the reference structures inside and/or outside test printed circuit boards (PCBs). The pre-estab...

This paper describes the first integrated transversal filter for feed-forward equalizers (FFE) operating above 40 Gb/s. Equalization of a 2−1 PRBS over a 9-ft and 6.5-ft cable with SMA connectors is demonstrated on-wafer at 40 Gb/s and 49 Gb/s respectively. The circuit is implemented in a commercial 0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS process and is based on a differential distributed 7-tap fractionally spaced...

The Marchand balun has larger bandwidth than other types of combiners and has been used extensively since its introduction. The Marchand balun has also been extensively used in planar systems in both broadside-coupled and edged-coupled configurations. This paper describes the design and development of two microstrip, folded, edge-coupled Marchand baluns for use as anti-phase power combiner. The...

This paper describes the design and realization of a transition from a microstrip line to a ridge gap waveguide operating between 95 and 115 GHz. The study includes simulations, measurements, and a Monte Carlo analysis of the assembly tolerances. The purpose of this tolerance study is to identify the most critical misalignments that affect the circuit performance, and to provide guidelines abou...