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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2013.62.12.1712

Design of a Metamaterial-Based Compact Dual-Band 3-way Power Divider for Lighter L-band Military Satellite Transceivers  

Kahng, Kyung-Seok (Graduate school, Dept. of Info. & Telecomm. Eng., University of Incheon)
Yang, Inkyu (Graduate school, Dept. of Info. & Telecomm. Eng., University of Incheon)
Jang, Kyeong-Nam (Graduate school, Dept. of Info. & Telecomm. Eng., University of Incheon)
Lee, Hosub (LIGNex1 Co., Ltd.)
Lee, Hyoung-Jong (LIGNex1 Co., Ltd.)
Kahng, Sungtek (Dept. of Info. & Telecomm. Eng., University of Incheon)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.62, no.12, 2013 , pp. 1712-1718 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes a compact dual-band 3-way power divider that helps lowering the weight of a transceiver for the L-band or multi-purpose satellite communication. Instead of the multi stages or tapering which ends up with loss accumulation and size-growth, the non-linear dispersive phases from the metamaterial CRLH(composite right and left-handed) properties are obtained by the accurate formulation and implemented by the short transmission line segments. Firstly, the CRLH dual-band two-way unequal power divider and equal power divider are separately designed. And then, the input of the two-way equal power divider is plugged in the output port of the unequal one, and the entire geometry is slightly adjusted for the desirable performance. The circuit analysis and full-wave simulation are used to predict the frequency responses and validated by the measurement of the prototype. Besides, the size-reduction effect is addressed.
Keywords
Satellite communication; Metamaterial; CRLH; Way power divider; Size-reduction;
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