Printed Ridge Gap Waveguide 3-dB Coupler: Analysis and Design Procedure

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 6; pp. 8501 - 8509
• Main Authors: Ali, Mohamed Mamdouh M., Shams, Shoukry I., Sebak, Abdel-Razik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.01.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 5G mobile communication; Bandwidth; Beam switching; Communications systems; Couplers; Frequencies; Hybrid coupler; Impedance; Millimeter waves; Periodic structures; printed ridge gap waveguide; Quadratures; Stripline; Subsystems; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguides

Communication systems are witnessing an outstanding revolution that has a clear impact on all aspects of life. The world technology is drifting towards high frequency and data rate solutions to accommodate the future expansion in applications such as 5G communications. The 5G technology will offer a...