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Power divider topologies applied to antenna synthesis
Author(s) -
Rigoland P.,
Drissi M.,
Terret C.,
Gadenne P.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(19960620)12:3<167::aid-mop13>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - wilkinson power divider , power dividers and directional couplers , broadband , electronic engineering , microstrip , engineering , bandwidth (computing) , network topology , electrical engineering , current divider , discontinuity (linguistics) , radar , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , frequency divider , telecommunications , mathematics , mathematical analysis , operating system
The design and the experimental results of a broadband multilayer microstrip array for radar systems are presented in this article. An association of different types of power dividers is used in the feed network to achieve the required magnitude and phase distributions. The tee junction, which is the main discontinuity in the used power divider, is rigorously analyzed and optimized with the use of a full‐wave approach. The developed design technique is applied to the Wilkinson power divider, and the obtained results are compared with measurements. The method is extended to design a feed network for a linear array of 14 elements where good performances are obtained over 20% bandwidth. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.