10.

39: A 4-port “20-dB Coupler” is specified as having 20 dB coupling, 50 dB isolation,

and 0.25 dB of insertion loss. If 100 mW of power enters the input port, calculate the
power out of the other three ports. Assume all ports are terminated in matched loads.

Setup: See Example 10.11.

Solution:
⎛P ⎞
C = 20dB = −10log ⎜ 3 ⎟ , so P3 = ( P1 ) (10−20 10 ) = 1mW
⎝ P1 ⎠

I = 50dB = −10log ( S41 ) , so S41 = 10−50 10 = 0.00316

P4 = S41 P = 1µW
2

IL = 0.25dB = −10 log ( S 21 ) , so S21 = 10−0.25 10 = 0.9716

P2 = S21 P = 94.4mW
2

Written by Stuart M. Wentworth. Copyright John Wiley and Sons 2007