TY - JOUR 
A1 - Gómez Tornero, José Luis
AU - Martínez López, Sofía
AU - Álvarez Melcón , Alejandro
T1 - Simple analysis and design of a new leaky-wave directional coupler in hybrid dielectric-waveguide printed-circuit technology
Y1 - 2006
SN - 0018-9480
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10317/662
AB - 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.
KW - Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones
KW - Acoplador direccional
KW - Óptica geométrica
KW - Fuga de ondas
KW - Método de momentos
KW - Directional coupler
KW - Geometrical optics (GO)
KW - Leaky wave
KW - Method of Moments (MOM)
LA - eng
PB - IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
ER -