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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2014.18.4.359

An Unequal Divider with Enhanced Physical Isolation Between Output Ports  

Kim, Young (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Yoon, Young-Chul (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kwandong University)
Abstract
This paper presents the design and performance of an unequal divider with physical separation and electrical isolation. This divider has a series $18{\Omega}$ resistor and 0.7 pF capacitor circuit between two quarter-wave transmission lines at half phase angle from input terminal. This design method was improved a physical isolation between output ports and easy connected other circuit because of unnecessary of extra transmission line. To show the validity of the unequal divider with complex isolation components, a 4:1 ratio unequal divider was designed and measured at center frequency of 2 GHz. The measured divider performances have the return loss of 17 dB, insertion loss of 1.5 dB and 7.7 dB, and isolation of 18 dB. Its performance is in good agreement with the simulated results.
Keywords
Complex isolation component; Isolation technology; Passive circuit; Series R-C circuit; Unequal divider;
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