designUncoupledLine

Calculate dimensions of uncoupled-line section for specified frequency

Since R2022a

Syntax

[Length,Width] = designUncoupledLine(balunobj,frequency)

___ = designUncoupledLine(___,Name=Value)

Description

[Length,Width] = designUncoupledLine(balunobj,frequency) calculates the dimensions of the uncoupled-line section of a coupled line balun around a specified frequency. In the balunCoupledLine object, the uncoupled line dimensions are incorporated into the UncoupledLineShape property.

Note

designUncoupledLine is the second step in designing a coupled line balun. This function is preceded by designCoupledLine and succeeded by designOutputLine.

___ = designUncoupledLine(___,Name=Value) calculates the dimensions of the uncoupled-line section of a coupled-line balun with additional options specified using name-value arguments.

Note

PCB components designed using the design function operate around the specified frequency with a 10-15% tolerance.

Examples

Design Coupled Line Balun at 4 GHz

Define the frequency at 4 GHz.

f = 4e9;

Create a coupled line balun object.

balun = balunCoupledLine

balun = 
  balunCoupledLine with properties:

    NumCoupledLineSection: 3
        CoupledLineLength: 0.0153
         CoupledLineWidth: 4.0000e-04
       CoupledLineSpacing: 1.4000e-04
       UncoupledLineShape: [1×1 ubendMitered]
         OutputLineLength: 0.0124
          OutputLineWidth: 1.5300e-04
        OutputLineSpacing: 0.0110
                   Height: 0.0013
         GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0200
                Substrate: [1×1 dielectric]
                Conductor: [1×1 metal]

show(balun)

Step 1: Design coupled line section

Design the coupled line section of the balun with an even mode impedance of 159 ohms and an odd mode impedance of 51 ohms. Use the helper function designCoupledLine.

[ClineL,ClineW,ClineS] = designCoupledLine(balun,f,'Z0e',159,'Z0o',51)

ClineL = 0.0107

ClineW = 4.2682e-04

ClineS = 1.4374e-04

Step 2: Design uncoupled line section

Design the uncoupled line section of the balun with the even and odd mode impedance of 59 ohms. Use the helper function designUncoupledLine.

[unclineL,unclineW] = designUncoupledLine(balun,f,'Z0',59,'LineLength',0.25)

unclineL = 0.0103

unclineW = 0.0018

Step 3: Design output line section

Design the output line section of the balun at the same frequency to extend the port 2 and port3. Use the helper function designOutputLine.

[OutL,OutW] = designOutputLine(balun,f,'Z0e',159,'Z0o',51,'Z0',59,'Zref',50)

OutL = 0.0109

OutW = 1.6115e-04

Set all the design dimensions to the coupled balun object.

balun.CoupledLineLength  = ClineL;
balun.CoupledLineWidth  = ClineW;
balun.CoupledLineSpacing  = ClineS;
UnCoupledLine = ubendMitered;
UnCoupledLine.Length  = [unclineL/2,unclineL/4,unclineL/2];
UnCoupledLine.Width   = [unclineW,unclineW,unclineW];
balun.UncoupledLineShape = UnCoupledLine;
balun.OutputLineLength = OutL;
balun.OutputLineWidth = OutW;
balun.OutputLineSpacing = OutL+ClineS;
gndW = 25e-3;
balun.GroundPlaneWidth = gndW; 
show(balun)

Analyze and plot the S-parameters of this balun.

s11 = sparameters(balun,linspace(3.5e9,4.5e9,31));

figure; rfplot(s11,1,1);
hold on; rfplot(s11,1,3)
hold on; rfplot(s11,1,2)

Input Arguments

balunobj — Coupled-line balun

balunCoupledLine object

Coupled-line balun, specified as a balunCoupledLine object.

Example: balunobj = balunCoupledLine; design(balunobj,2e9) designs a coupled-line balun around a frequency of 2 GHz and returns the length and width of the uncoupled line section.

frequency — Design frequency of coupled-line balun

real positive scalar

Design frequency of coupled-line balun, specified as a real positive scalar in hertz.

Example: 55e6

Data Types: double

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Example: Z0=60

Z0 — Impedance of uncoupled-line

50 (default) | positive scalar

Impedance of uncoupled-line, specified as a positive scalar in ohms.

Data Types: double

LineLength — Length of uncoupled-line

0.25 (default) | positive scalar

Length of uncoupled-line specified as a positive scalar in multiples of lambda. In the balunCoupledLine object, the uncoupled line dimensions are incorporated into the UncoupledLineShape property. UncoupledLineShape.Length is the vector of size 3 and the LineLength property should be split accordingly.

Data Types: double

Output Arguments

Length — Length of uncoupled-line section

positive scalar

Length of the uncoupled-line section, returned as a positive scalar.

Width — Width of uncoupled-line section

positive scalar

Width of the uncoupled-line section, returned as a positive scalar.

Version History

Introduced in R2022a