Apparatus for wideband transmission conversion from coplanar waveguide to parallel transmission line

• US 7,557,680 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2006
• Issued: 07/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Do-hoon, Kim, Yong-jin, Kim, Young-eil, Moon, Young-min
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones; Stephen E
• Application Number:
  US11/340,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20060192629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• Field of Search: 333/260, 333/238, 333/246, 333/32, 333/33
• US Class Current: 333/260
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 5/10 for coupling balanced lines or devices with unbalanced lines or devices

Abstract

A transmission line conversion apparatus connecting a parallel transmission line to a coplanar waveguide (CPW) is provided. To this end, the CPW including a transmission line composed of a signal line and a ground line which is formed on one surface of a dielectric substrate, and a parallel transmission line connected to the CPW, at a predetermined angle with respect to a substrate constituting the CPW, and composed of a signal line and a ground line, are proposed. In addition, the signal line of the CPW and the signal line of the parallel transmission line are connected to each other, and the ground line of the CPW and the ground line of the parallel transmission line are connected to each other. As such, by connecting the CPW to the parallel transmission line, a return loss can be minimized.

Claims

1. A transmission line conversion apparatus, comprising:

a coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a transmission line, wherein the transmission line comprises a first signal line and a first ground line disposed on a same plane; and

a parallel transmission line connected to the CPW at a predetermined angle with respect to a substrate constituting the CPW,

wherein the parallel transmission line comprises a second signal line and a second ground line disposed on different planes,

wherein an area of the second ground line is substantially smaller than the first ground line,

wherein, for signal transmission, the first and second signal lines are connected to each other, and the first and second ground lines are connected to each other, and

wherein the first ground line is not connected to any ground line of the parallel transmission line other than the second ground line for the signal transmission.

2. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the CPW and the parallel transmission line are connected to each other using a pad.

3. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a width of the first signal line of the CPW is equal to a width of the second signal line of the parallel transmission line.

4. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined angle is 90 degrees.

5. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first signal line and the first ground line of the CPW are formed by coating one surface of a dielectric substrate with a metal layer and removing a portion of the coated metal layer.

6. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first signal line of the CPW is composed of an open circuit, and is surrounded by the first ground line of the CPW.

7. A transmission line conversion apparatus, comprising:

a coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a transmission line, wherein the transmission line comprises a signal line and a ground line; and

a parallel transmission line connected to the CPW at a predetermined angle with respect to a substrate constituting the CPW,

wherein the parallel transmission line comprises a signal line and a ground line, and

wherein the CPW is an unbalanced transmission line in which a shape of the ground line is not the same as the signal line and the parallel transmission line is a balanced transmission line in which a shape of the ground line is not different from the signal line.

8. A transmission line conversion apparatus comprising:

a coplanar waveguide (CPW) comprising a transmission line, wherein the transmission line comprises a first signal line and a first ground line disposed on a same plane; and

a parallel transmission line connected to the CPW at a predetermined angle with respect to a substrate constituting the CPW,

wherein the parallel transmission line comprises a second signal line and a second ground line disposed on different planes,

wherein, for signal transmission, the first and second signal lines are connected to each other, and the first and second ground lines are connected to each other,

wherein the first ground line is not connected to any ground line of the parallel transmission line other than the second ground line for the signal transmission, and

wherein the second signal line and the second ground line of the parallel transmission line are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance by an air layer.

9. A transmission line conversion apparatus, comprising:

a first transmission line composed of a signal line and a ground line, and formed by removing a portion of a metal layer coated on one surface of a dielectric substrate; and

a second transmission line connected to the first transmission line at a set angle, and composed of a signal line and a ground line using two metal plates,

wherein the first transmission line is an unbalanced transmission line in which a shape of the ground line is not the same as the signal line and the second transmission line is a balanced transmission line in which a shape of the ground line is not different from the signal line.

10. A transmission line conversion apparatus comprising:

a first transmission line comprising a first signal line and a first ground line disposed on a same plane, and formed by removing a portion of a metal layer coated on one surface of a dielectric substrate; and

a second transmission line connected to the first transmission line at a set angle, and comprising a second signal line and a second ground line disposed on different planes using two metal plates,

wherein, for signal transmission, the first and second signal lines are connected to each other, and the first and second ground lines are connected to each other,

wherein the first ground line is not connected to any ground line of the parallel transmission line other than the second ground line for the signal transmission, and

wherein the second signal line and the second ground line of the second transmission line are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance by an air layer.

11. A transmission line conversion apparatus, comprising:

a first transmission line comprising a first signal line and a first ground line disposed on a same plane, and formed by removing a portion of a metal layer coated on one surface of a dielectric substrate; and

a second transmission line connected to the first transmission line at a set angle, and comprising a second signal line and a second ground line disposed on different planes using two metal plates,

wherein an area of the second ground line is substantially smaller than the first ground line,

wherein, for signal transmission, the first and second signal lines are connected to each other, and the first and second ground lines are connected to each other, and

wherein the first ground line is not connected to any ground line of the parallel transmission line other than the second ground line for the signal transmission.

12. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the set angle is 90 degrees.

13. The transmission line conversion apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first transmission line is a part of a coplanar waveguide (CPW).