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A stripline forward‐wave directional coupler is proposed using periodical double multi‐via mushroom structures and short‐circuited branch lines in this paper. By adding the short‐circuited branch lines to the coupled lines and the patch of the upper or lower mushroom structure, the operating bandwidth is enhanced for the unit cell design. The even/odd mode phase difference of one unit cell is located...