Wide-Band Filtering Three-Port Coupler With Inherent DC-Blocking Function

Abstract

This paper presents a novel wide-band filtering three-port coupler with inherent DC-blocking function, which is simply comprised of a power divider with wideband filtering function and a broadband phase shifter with a modified coupled line. For demonstration, a designed prototype operating at 3 GHz is simulated, fabricated, and measured. From the simulated and measured results, the coupler shows a 49% filtering bandwidth with 12-dB return loss and 90° ± 590°phase shifting. The amplitude imbalance between the two output ports is less than 0.5 dB. The all-passband isolation is below −13 dB and the 25.7-dB upper stopband rejection is up to 5.4 GHz. Good agreement between the simulated and measured results validates the proposed idea. Hence, the proposed coupler is well suited for the applications of wideband, filtering, and single-layer circuitry integration.