A Varactor Based 90 Directional Coupler With Tunable Coupling Ratios and Reconfigurable Responses

M Zhou, J Shao, B Arigong, H Ren… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a symmetric four-port microwave varactor based 90° directional coupler with
tunable coupling ratios and reconfigurable responses is presented. The proposed coupler is …

A 1.6–2.3-GHz RF MEMS Reconfigurable Quadrature Coupler and Its Application to a 360 Reflective-Type Phase Shifter

OD Gurbuz, GM Rebeiz - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and measurement of a reconfigurable
quadrature hybrid coupler and a tunable low-loss reflective-type phase shifter built using the …

A compact highly reconfigurable CMOS MMIC directional coupler

MAY Abdalla, K Phang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a tunable CMOS directional coupler that utilizes lumped-element LC
sections. The lumped-element approach used to build the directional coupler makes it …

A highly reconfigurable low-power CMOS directional coupler

J Sun, C Li, Y Geng, P Wang - IEEE transactions on microwave …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a highly reconfigurable, low-power, and compact directional coupler.
The coupler uses varactors and novel active inductors to achieve wide tuning ranges of …

Varactor-tuned dual-band quadrature hybrid coupler

EE Djoumessi, E Marsan, C Caloz… - IEEE Microwave and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A tunable dual-band quadrature hybrid coupler for mobile GSM bands (900 and 1800MHz)
is proposed and characterized. The structure is composed of four quarter-wavelength …

A D-band phased-array chain based on a tunable branchline coupler and a digitally controlled vector modulator

J Bott, F Vogelsang, N Pohl - IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communication and sensing applications seek higher frequencies to enable higher
data rates or more precise localization using a wider modulation bandwidth. Particularly, 6G …

Electronically tunable lumped element 90 hybrid coupler

EA Fardin, AS Holland, K Ghorbani - Electronics letters, 2006 - IET
A method for tuning the centre frequency of a 3 dB hybrid coupler using varactor diodes is
presented. The circuit is suitable for reconfigurable or multifunction transceivers that switch …

A compact trans-directional coupler with wide frequency tuning range and superior performance

H Liu, S Fang, Z Wang - IEEE Transactions on Components …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a compact coupled-line trans-directional (TRD) coupler with wide continuous
frequency tuning range and superior performance is presented. The proposed tunable TRD …

Systematic design of reconfigurable quadrature directional couplers

H Mextorf, T Lehmann… - 2009 IEEE MTT-S …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an approach for the systematic design of reconfigurable quadrature
directional couplers. From even-odd-analysis of four-ports with two-fold symmetry four …

Compact cascaded directional couplers with continuously tuneable coupling ratios

H Mextorf, T Lehmann… - 2011 German Microwave …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the analysis and development of compact cascaded directional
couplers with continuously tuneable coupling ratios. The general approach of cascading two …