| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K58265/01 |
| Title: |
NOVEL STRUCTURES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONRECIPROCAL PLANAR DEVICES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Davis, Professor L |
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Electrical Engineering & Electronics |
| Organisation: |
UMIST |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 1995 |
Ends: |
31 October 1996 |
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85,081
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| Digital Signal Processing |
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The long-term aim of the research is to provide a theoretical basis for the computer-aided design of a new type of 4-port circulator based on a ferrite-coupled section in which the ferrite is magnetised parallel with the direction of propagation. The structures to be investigated are coupled microstrips and coupled slot-lines loaded with a magnetised ferrite layer. The concept has already been demonstrated experimentally, and the proposed work will provide a basis for component design. The potential advantages are:a) low applied magnetic field (small magnet),b) simple ferrite shapes and, by avoiding the need to insert the ferrite into the substrate costs are reduced, c) potentially a more attractive technology at short wavelengths than classical ferrite junction designs, andd) may lead to thin-film circulators which may be compatible with MMICs. It may provide one of the very few ways to compensate for the fact that the non-reciprocal behaviour inherently decreases as the signal frequency is increased at high microwave frequencies.
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