Aperture Coupling Between Adjacent Layers Using a New Stripline Geometry1

Naftali I. Herscovici, Nirod K. Das, Stelios Papatheodorou, D. M. Pozar

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Abstract

The excitation of the parallel plate mode in stripline configurations is a serious concern in the design of multilayer feeding networks. Using either probes or slots as means of power transfer between adjacent layers, the parallel-plate is always excited, and to insure its suppression a considerable effort has to be made. This letter presents a new method to solve this problem by using striplines with two different dielectric substrates on the two sides of its center strip. By inserting a dielectric plug of a high dielectric constant, only in the vicinity of the source, the excitation of the parallel-plate mode is significantly suppressed. A microstrip-to-stripline-to-microstrip coupler was designed with the new plug configuration and tested to demonstrate this concept.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24-25
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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