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A variable power divider circuit using the combine characteristic of the branchline coupler

브랜치라인 커플러 결합을 이용한 가변 전력 분배기 회로

  • Park, Ung-hee (Division of Electronics, Information & Communication Engineering, Kangwon University)
  • Received : 2016.11.23
  • Accepted : 2016.12.06
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

The proposed variable pawer divider in this paper is composed of one equal power 2-way Wilkinson power divider, two variable phase shifters with 90-degree phase variation to be connected two output paths of the 2-way power divider, and one branchline coupler to combine output signals of two variable phase shifter. The proposed variable power divider can theoretically have an arbitrary power division ratio ranging from ${\infty}:1$ to ${\infty}:1$ due to 90-degrees phase variation of two phase shifter. The proposed power divider circuit fabricates on laminated TLX-9(h=20 mil, er=2.5; Taconic) with a center frequency of 1.7 GHz. The power division ratio of the fabricated prototype varies from about 1:100 to 200:1, with an input reflection characteristic(S11) of below -16 dB, an insertion loss of about -1.0 dB, and an isolation characteristic of below -17 dB between two output ports in the range 1.65-1.75 GHz.

제안된 가변 전력 분배기는 입력된 신호를 동일한 신호 전력으로 분배하는 2-way 윌킨슨 전력 분배기, 90도 위상변화가 가능한 두 개의 가변 위상 변환기, 두 개의 경로 신호를 결합하는 브랜치라인 커플러로 구성된다. 제안된 가변전력 분배기는 이론적으로 가변 위상 변환기의 90도 위상 변화에 의해 브랜치라인 커플러의 두 개 출력 단자에 ${\infty}:1$에서 ${\infty}:1$까지 전력 분배 비율로 출력할 수 있다. 제안된 가변 전력 분배기는 중심주파수 1.7 GHz에서 Taconic사의 TLX-9 20mil을 이용하여 제작해 동작 특성을 확인하였다. 제작된 회로는 1.7 GHz에서 두 개 출력 단자에 1:100에서부터 200:1까지 전력 분배 비율의 변화가 가능하였으며, 1.65-1.75 GHz 주파수 대역에서 다양한 전력 분배 비율에 대하여 입력 반사계수 약 -16 dB 이하, 삽입 손실 약 -1.0 dB, 두 출력 단자의 격리 특성 약 -17 dB 이하의 안정적인 특성을 보였다.

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