Reply to Comments on “An Asymmetric 2.4 GHz Directional Coupler Using Electrical Balance”

The theory presented by Kumar et al. is based on the assumption that edge-coupled transmission lines (TLs) have infinite even-mode characteristic impedance and is clearly mentioned. Simulation is done to show that better than 10 dB matching can be achieved with a practical TL without using additional TL sections as long as impedance transformed by the even-mode of TL is much lower than the port impedance. The addition of extra quarter-wave TL sections can further improve the matching.