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Comparison of the broadband performance of two‐way power dividers and combiners
Author(s) -
Makineni Gowri S.,
Joines William T.
Publication year - 1998
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(199801)17:1<29::aid-mop7>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - broadband , wilkinson power divider , microwave , power dividers and directional couplers , engineering , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , power (physics) , frequency divider , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract A comparison of the broadband performance of four different microwave power divider/combiner networks is presented. Each network is designed to have a Butterworth (maximally flat magnitude) response versus frequency, and each is limited to approximately the same physical size and number of elements. The analysis of the four networks is presented, and is followed by their performance characteristics in terms of s ‐parameters. Certain superior characteristics are noted for each network, and measured results are presented to confirm the theory. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 17: 29–37, 1998.