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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2018.22.6.642

Unequal Power Divider based on Adjustment Electrical Length of Uniform Transmission Line  

Kwon, Sang-Keun (School of Electronic Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Kim, Young (School of Electronic Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Abstract
In this paper, an unequal power divider based on adjusting electrical length of uniform transmission line is presented. This divider consists of three uniform transmission lines and one isolation resistor and have the different port impedances of input and output. The feature of proposed divider can changed the power dividing ratio to adjust only electrical length of uniform transmission lines. To verify the feasibility of proposed power divider, two divider circuits are designed, one is 1:2 power dividing ratio divider with $60{\Omega}$ uniform transmission line and $40{\Omega}$ input port impedances and $45{\Omega}$ output port impedances, the performance data were measured the insertion losses of 1.7 dB/ 5.0 dB, return losses of more than -30 dB and isolation of more than -35 dB. The other is 1:4 power dividing ratio divider with $40{\Omega}$ uniform transmission line and $50{\Omega}$ input port impedances and $75{\Omega}$ output port impedances, the performance data were measured the insertion losses of 1.3 dB/ 6.8 dB, return losses of more than -12 dB and isolation of more than -19 dB. The measured performance data agreed well with the simulated results.
Keywords
Different port impedance; Unequal power divider; Uniform transmission line;
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