how to reduce the s21 in the exponent taper balun

BigBoss said:

Microstrip losses come-generally-from substrate losses.There may also be some radiation losses and conductor losses but substrate losses are more dominant.
That's why since we don't know anything about your circuit and the substrate which you've being used, there won't also be a satisfactory answer.

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hausn said:

hi bigboss
The relative dielectric constant is 2.2 ,h=1.5mm,the thickness of microstrip lines is 0.035mm.the radiation is perfect .

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BigBoss said:

What about TanD ? Loss is proportional with it.

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Azulykit said:

You might also consider : R. W. Klopfenstein in a paper titled A Transmission Line Taper of Improved Design as an alternate.

Microwaves101 (dot) com is a useful place for additional information.

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biff44 said:

what is that a plot of "Y1"? The ripple suggest to me that it is NOT well matched to a 50 ohm load, hence the ripple as frequency moves (think of a smith chart, and its matched to, say 60 ohms. now draw a circle around that 60 ohm point on a smith chart of s11. As freq changes, the circle sweeps from 75 ohms to 50 ohms, and part resitive/reactive in between, hence causing the small ripple)

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