I-coupler iyithuluzi elivame ukusetshenziswa le-RF microwave elisetshenziselwa ukusabalalisa amasiginali okufakwayo ngokulinganayo ezimbobeni eziningi zokuphuma, namasignali okukhiphayo avela embobeni ngayinye anama-amplitude ahlukene nezigaba.Isetshenziswa kakhulu ezinhlelweni zokuxhumana ezingenazintambo, izinhlelo ze-radar, imishini yokulinganisa i-microwave, neminye imikhakha.
Abashadile bangahlukaniswa ngezinhlobo ezimbili ngokusho kwesakhiwo sabo: i-microstrip ne-cavity.Ingaphakathi le-coupler ye-microstrip lakhiwe ngokuyinhloko inethiwekhi ehlanganisayo eyakhiwe imigqa emibili ye-microstrip, kuyilapho ingaphakathi le-coupler ye-cavity lakhiwe nje imicu yensimbi emibili.