Uniplanar Broadband Balun Design for Sub-THz Antenna On-Wafer Characterization

MH Mubarak, S Hara, I Watanabe… - … on Antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
MH Mubarak, S Hara, I Watanabe, A Kasamatsu
2020 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 2021ieeexplore.ieee.org
A uniplanar broadband balun is designed on SiO 2/Si substrate at sub-THz through this
work. The structure is proposed for CPW to CPS transition establishing efficient on-wafer
characterization environment for balanced antenna structures over the D-band. The balun is
composed of a CPW linearly tapered into CPS and a broadband open termination of one
side ground of CPW. The designed structure is analyzed and optimized through HFSS
simulation. The designed model showed a bandwidth ratio of 55% at 140 GHz with insertion …
A uniplanar broadband balun is designed on SiO 2 /Si substrate at sub-THz through this work. The structure is proposed for CPW to CPS transition establishing efficient on-wafer characterization environment for balanced antenna structures over the D-band. The balun is composed of a CPW linearly tapered into CPS and a broadband open termination of one side ground of CPW. The designed structure is analyzed and optimized through HFSS simulation. The designed model showed a bandwidth ratio of 55% at 140 GHz with insertion and return loss of 1 dB and 17 dB respectively. The results of the back-to-back structure are also presented.
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