Design of 45 degree microstrip phase shifter for beam forming network application using parallel coupled lines

A 45 degree differential microstrip phase shifter operating in the frequency band ranging from 1.4 GHz to 2.7 GHz is presented in this paper. It is designed by adopting the model of double parallel Schiffman phase shifter and simulated on an FR4 substrate by using two electromagnetic simulation software, ADS from Agilent technologies and CST Microwave Studio. The proposed phase shift circuit offers good results in terms of return loss, insertion loss and phase shift. Good agreement between simulated results using ADS and CST Microwave Studio is obtained.