%0 Journal Article 
%A Gómez Tornero, José Luis
%A Martínez López, Sofía
%A Álvarez Melcón , Alejandro
%T Simple analysis and design of a new leaky-wave directional coupler in hybrid dielectric-waveguide printed-circuit technology
%D 2006
%@ 0018-9480
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10317/662
%X This paper presents a new theory to analyze and design
a novel leaky-wave coupler based on a hybrid dielectric-waveguide
printed-circuit technology. The analysis theory is based on
a combined method of moments (MoM) geometrical optics (GO)
technique, which makes use of the leaky mode complex propagation
constant. This MoM–GO approach allows to easily obtain
the response of the coupler, and to illustratively understand the
working mechanism of the proposed structure. A coupler is designed
to work at 5.5 GHz. Leaky mode results are compared with
three-dimensional finite-element method simulations, showing the
validity and accuracy of the new theory developed. This novel directional
coupler presents interesting advantages when compared
to previous wave couplers.
%K Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones
%K Acoplador direccional
%K Óptica geométrica
%K Fuga de ondas
%K Método de momentos
%K Directional coupler
%K Geometrical optics (GO)
%K Leaky wave
%K Method of Moments (MOM)
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN