Hybrid Coupler Connects 8.5 GHz

June 24, 2010

Model IPP-7044 is a 3-dB 90-deg. hybrid coupler from Innovative Power Products that operates from 6000 to 8500 MHz. It can combine two signals with power levels totaling 100 W CW in a component measuring only 0.2 x 0.4 in. The surface-mount hybrid coupler has less than 0.4 dB insertion loss and less than 1.30:1 VSWR. The isolation between ports is better than 17 dB. The coupler features amplitude balance of 0.35 dB and phase balance of 6 deg.

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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.