Abstract

This article presents the 1:4 wideband balun based on transmission lines that was awarded the first prize in the Wideband Baluns Student Design Competition. The competition was held during the 2014 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) International Microwave Symposium (IMS2014). It was initiated in 2011 and is sponsored by the MTT-17 Technical Coordinating Committee. The winner must implement and measure a wideband balun of his or her own design and achieve the highest possible operational frequency from at least 1 MHz (or below) while meeting the following conditions: ? female subminiature version A (SMA) connectors are used to terminate all ports ? a minimum impedance transformation ratio of two ? a maximum voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 2:1 at all ports ? an insertion loss of less than 1 dB ? a common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) of more than 25 dB ? imbalance of less than 1 dB and 2.5?.

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