tijmet The International Journal of Materials and Engineering Technology 2667-4033 Necip Fazıl YILMAZ Engineering Mühendislik BROADBAND MULTI-SECTION STEPPED TAPERED MICROSTRIP TRANSFORMERS DESIGN USING SEEKER OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM Alfaqawı Mona GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY Hasar Uğurcem GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY 12 31 2022 5 2 75 79 12 23 2021 10 23 2022 Copyright © 2018, The International Journal of Materials and Engineering Technology 2018 The International Journal of Materials and Engineering Technology

This work applies an evolutionary searching algorithm of the Seeker Optimization Algorithm for designing multi-band multi-section stepped tapered microstrip lines that maximally match real load impedance to a transmission line in a pre-described range of frequencies. Seeker Optimization algorithm has been verified to be a very effective algorithm in finding the solutions for such multi-objective functions. Herein the design process aims to select the values of the matching impedances between real load and transmission line among a continuous range of values under tapering constraints. The obtained results have been verified by PUFF simulator and the design parameters have been calculated using the PUFF microwave simulator.

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