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Planar wideband in‐phase power divider using three‐line coupled structure
Author(s) -
Henin Bassem,
Abbosh Amin
Publication year - 2014
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/mop.28247
Subject(s) - wilkinson power divider , power dividers and directional couplers , wideband , current divider , resistor , return loss , planar , electrical engineering , bandwidth (computing) , fractional bandwidth , engineering , frequency divider , microwave , electronic engineering , phase (matter) , power (physics) , telecommunications , computer science , physics , voltage , band pass filter , computer graphics (images) , quantum mechanics , antenna (radio)
The design of a wideband in‐phase power divider/combiner is presented. It uses a three‐line coupled structure with slotted ground and 100 Ω isolation resistor for an increased band using easy‐to‐manufacture dimensions. The operation of the device and its design procedure re explained for an enhanced isolation, almost ideal phase performance, and a balanced power division between its two output ports. The simulated and experimental results of the developed 1.5 × 1.5 cm 2 power divider show 90% fractional bandwidth assuming 10 dB return loss as a reference with less than ±1° phase imbalance between the output ports. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:1010–1012, 2014