%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/10317/1268
%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 waves
%K Method of Moments (MOM)
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN