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ISMOT /09/C/358 Design and Analysis of Novel Quadrature Hybrids with Compact Lumped Elements Jian-An Hou and Yeong-Her Wang* Institute of Microelectronics Department of Electrical Engineering National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Tel: 886-6-275-7575 Ext. 62352; Fax: 886-6-2080598; E-mail: YHW@eembox.ncku.edu.tw Abstract—A novel compact quadrature hybrid The proposed hybrids are physically compact and using low–pass and high-pass lumped elements is are more convenient to use in circuit layouts proposed in this paper. The topology of the since they do not require bulky via holes as quadrature couplers has two combinations of compared to the topologies mentioned earlier. In lumped elements and these proposed topologies the analysis, they provide an increased bandwidth enable both significant circuit size reduction in of more than 20 % for a power split in the comparison with former approaches applying quadrature phase, and they have a good matching microstrip branch lines or Lange couplers. In and isolation at the same time. Comparisons of addition, they provide a wider bandwidth in terms the proposed structure with the conventional of operational frequency and provide more reported coupler are made. The advantages of a convenience to the monolithic microwave wider bandwidth for