Tiny Hybrid Coupler Handles 100 W CW

Oct. 1, 2009

Model IPP-7004 is a 3-dB 90-deg. hybrid coupler from Innovative Power Products designed to combine two signals from 2.5 to 6.0 GHz at power levels to 100 W CW. It exhibits less than 0.3 dB insertion loss and less than 1.30:1 VSWR and more than 18 dB isolation. The amplitude balance is within +/-0.75 dB while the phase balance is within +/-5 deg. The surface-mount coupler measures 0.56 x 0.20 x 0.10 in.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.