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Very compact 3D-printed folded branch-line hybrid coupler based on loaded helical-microstrip transmission lines Salas Barenys, Arnau Vidal Martínez, Neus López Villegas, José María Impressió 3D Radiofreqüència Topologia Three-dimensional printing Radio frequency Topology This paper presents a 3D topology for high miniaturization of the well-known hybrid branch-line coupler at the UHF band. A preliminary work already proposed the use of helical-microstrip TLs combined with a folded structure for this purpose. This extended work includes a compactness enhancement by loading the TL segments with capacitors. An study of loaded helical-microstrip TL is reported as well. The coupler prototypes have been simulated and fabricated by using a combination of Additive Manufacturing and copper electroplating. The performance results have been compared to the conventional model showing a good agreement. In order to place the designed devices within the state of the art a figure of merit that combines the compactness and the relative bandwidth has been proposed, showing very good results in terms of miniaturization. 2024-06-21T14:07:36Z 2024-06-21T14:07:36Z 2022-02-12 2024-06-21T14:07:41Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Reproducció del document publicat a: Integration, the VLSI Journal, 2022, num.84, p. 142-150 cc-by-nc-nd (c) Salas Barenys, Arnau, et al., 2022 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Elsevier Articles publicats en revistes (Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica)